The book by Ronnie Kasrils is the first publication in Russian, lifting the curtain of secrecy over the activities of the intelligence services of the African National Congress (ANC). The author, an active participant in the underground struggle against the apartheid regime, who became the head of military intelligence of the ANC, tells without any fiction about the exciting underground activities , about the real events of his life, which is not inferior in the acuity of perception to “spy” books. The book, written in a lively and accessible language, is designed for the general reader.