Largely based on fact, "Code Name: Kalistrat "is a thriller that imagines the real story of the Rosenberg spy network and the fate of the famous couple who were sentenced to die in the electric chair. The truth finally comes out with the memoirs of their Soviet handler who tells all-or almost all-with the blessing of the KGB, now known as the SVR. How the story unfolds and what the Russians were really seeking becomes a nonstop espionage novel set in the 1940s and 1950s. Was Julius Rosenberg paying for the mistakes of others? Did the KGB really want him and Ethel to live? These and other questions are asked and finally answered.
