Okay, it was a bit slow and rough going at the beginning of the book, mostly because of all of the names, titles, and abbreviations, but if you can hang on through that part the remaining story is quite interesting. I don't think I've ever read a Russian Spy novel before and I have to admit that I just might have to look for a few more (I received this book through first reads). As the synopsis is quite detailed above already, I'm not going to spend time rewriting that part. I think that the author did a very good job of providing enough detail and information for someone unfamiliar with this era and/or the elaborateness of the spy climate to be able to understand and enjoy this book. The detail was easy to read and complete enough to fully picture what was being discussed while not being overly wordy as that wasn't the point of the book - but rather to jump into the vast world of Russian and British Spies.

I would definitely recommend this book to others and I will most certainly look for more books by this author.