Welcome. This is the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich here to recommend a book called The Illegals, Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century long Mission to Infiltrate the West the author Sean Walker. It began one hundred years ago when Lennon Stalin and the Bolsheviks began sending Russians posing as businessmen and students to infiltrate Western nations, including the United States. The spies were known as the Illegals, and they weren't just out to steal secrets during the
Cold War. Some were on a mission to assassinate world leaders. It's the story of the KGB's most secretive program. And this new book takes us all the way through the fall of Communist Russia and the rise of Putin, who, when it comes to espionage, will stop at nothing. It's a glimpse into history that has a lot of relevance to what's going on today. The Illegals, Russia's most Audacious Spies and their century long Mission to Infiltrate the West
by author Sean Walker. And that's the book Club WBZ, Boston's news radio