1917: The predecessor of the KGB, i.e. the Soviet secret police, is founded under the name Cheka, one of the most destructive violent organizations of all time. Starting with the vengeful Lenin, a long line of mass murderers appears on the bloody pages of this story: Stalin, Beria, Yagoda, Dzerzhinsky, Serov; but there are also double agents and master spies lining up. The exciting story of the Münzenberg network, the "Cambridge Five", the Red Band or the "Farewell" case will surely be new to many. We get a comprehensive picture of the Vatican as a home for spies, we get to know the II. The background of the assassination attempt against Pope János Pál, and the description of many hundreds of amazingly exciting cases: in other words, the history of the 20th century.