One of the largest intelligence officers of the 20th century, Marcus Wolf, has been the chief of the corresponding service of the GDR for more than thirty years. For a long time, his life and work were "behind the scenes" of publicity. Wolff's memoir will no doubt pique the interest of the general readership. The author acts as an eagle-eyed witness and insightful analyst of the events of 1989-1990, which radically changed the face of Europe. He gives his well-thought-out and reasoned version of what happened, relentlessly reflecting on the main question for himself: was what actually happened inevitable?