The hero of this book became a legend of Soviet intelligence, although of his 17 operational pseudonyms, only one was declassified - "Major Zorich." The Chekist of the "Beriev draft," who came to the NKVD after being cleared of "Yezhovism," he honorably wore the "Shield and Sword" emblem on his sleeve, actively participating in the most complex and responsible operations of the state security agencies - in 1941 he ensured the evacuation of strategic facilities to the east and cleared the rear of the Red Army from enemy agents and saboteurs; working on the instructions of the legendary Sudoplatov, together with the "god of rail war" Starinov participated in the liquidation of the German commandant of Kharkov and the capture of the personal representative of Admiral Kanaris; at the head of reconnaissance and sabotage groups he was twice thrown into the deep German rear, playing a decisive role in the defeat of the Abwehr's "wasp nest" - a special school and the "Special SS unit" near Lublin...