: The protagonist, a colonel in the KGB who decided to risk his life to undermine the Soviet regime from within.
: A group of British intelligence officers who cultivated Gordievsky and ultimately orchestrated his extraction from the USSR. Themes and Impact The Tale of 'The Spy and the Traitor' - The Moscow Times
" The Spy and the Traitor " by Ben Macintyre is a narrative non-fiction book that chronicles the true story of , a high-ranking KGB officer who became one of the Cold War's most significant double agents for British intelligence (MI6) . Core Narrative