Veche Publishing House, as part of the popular “Military Adventures” series, opens a new project “Masters”, in which it presents the work of the famous Russian writer Yulian Semyonov. This project will include the author's most famous works, including a full story about the life and dangerous work of the legendary literary hero-intelligence officer Isaev-Stirlitz. The action of the novel “Expansion 1” takes place in the late 1940s, when the alliance of Nazi criminals SD and Gestapo with the CIA began to take shape. The main character, Maxim Maksimovich Isaev (Stirlitz), finds himself in Francoist Spain, where he lives on false documents. He again falls into the sphere of intelligence interests - the chief of the new German intelligence, General Gehlen, includes him in his game.