Viktor - a haunted spy

In the early 1980s the world was on the brink of a nuclear Armageddon. Trust between the USA and the Soviet Union was at an all-time low, suspicion and fear ruled as each side believed that the other was planning an imminent attack. Against this background Viktor Gumnov, a KGB officer, is sent with his family on a secret mission to Washington charged with the task of finding a way in which the Soviet Union could win such a war. While there Viktor comes to the conclusion that if the American people could be provoked into mass panic, it would be possible to initiate a series of manufactured natural disaster to take out most key parts of the eastern United Staes. Despite this planning, it was actually through the fear that a forthcoming NATO exercise could be seen by Moscow as cover for a genuine attack, Viktor is able to get a vital message to the Soviet leadership on behalf of the Reagan administration emphasising that the exercise is just that. Moscow is sceptical but the world survives. Based on a true story, this is a tale of high-stakes espionage as it really happened, and of how a potential global catastrophe was averted. It is a human story of courage and ingenuity, and a quest for understanding.