"Shibumi" is an extremely powerful work about the world of intelligence services and big politics. The author, about whom practically nothing is known except rumors, turned out to be, if not a prophet, then certainly possessing strong analytical skills. Most of his predictions about geopolitics and terrorism, alas, practically came true more than 30 years after writing the book. Warrior-philosopher, as one of his few friends called Nikolai Khel. Of course, this short description is not exhaustive, but it perhaps reflects the most important thing in the nature of this extraordinary person, European in appearance, brought up in Eastern traditions, a man who is a threat to all intelligence services and terrorist organizations in the world. They continue to fear him even after he officially retired. He lives secluded in a medieval castle in the south of France and he doesn’t need anything except shibumi... You don’t know what “shibumi” is? Read the novel!