About the book: 2016 / Several years ago, on one far from perfect day, the “dead hand” of the Soviet KGB chief, who had long been lying in the grave, grabs Matvey Alekhine and carries him away him into the center of a big game of the powers that be. The task of a retired intelligence officer, neither more nor less, is to find the notorious “party gold.” The retired KGB lieutenant colonel is given carte blanche for any action at the highest level. The trail left by the late boss leads Alekhine to Syria. The road to the treasures not only lays down dizzying turns of adventure, next to which the adventures of the famous “agent 007” pale, but is also paved with the corpses of both strangers and people close to him. The book provides true explanations of the events world significance, whose behind-the-scenes side still remains a mystery not only for the common man, but also for many captains of big politics. Why and how did the disgraced oligarch die in London? What caused the high-profile murders in Moscow? What caused the military activity of Russia and the United States in the Eastern Mediterranean? It was here - in Syria, Israel, Cyprus - at the request of the main character of the book, that the interests and destinies of the world's leading intelligence agents, emissaries of the world jihad, were tied together in a tight knot, and the bloody events played out, becoming the prelude to a modern war in the Middle East, which threatens to escalate into the global carnage. The book is undoubtedly worth reading. The plot, the language, the author’s familiarity with the intricacies of the work of the SVR, CIA, MI6 are beyond praise. And a literate reader will also receive from the book that knowledge that truly is power. Or power - if we accurately translate from English the well-known aphorism of Francis Bacon. And whether to believe these answers or not is everyone’s personal choice. We are free people in a free country, aren't we??