Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

"Readers who enjoy the writings of Neal Bascomb or Candice Millard, and fans of historical fiction will relish this book."

"Drawn from unpublished memoirs and letters, plus Kuczynski's voluminous writings, it reveals an idealist addicted to danger."

"She is the strongest character of all in Macintyre's bestselling series of wartime tales ..."

"Drawing from her diaries, correspondences, and extensive interviews with her two adult sons, the author crafts a narrative that serves as both an engrossing historical tale and a compassionate portrait of Sonya as a complex woman with distinctly modern sensibilities for her time ..."

"temperate judgments add value to Agent Sonya, a fascinating portrait of a Soviet spy who never recanted her belief in communism, even as the system for which she had risked her life disintegrated."

"Macintyre's exhaustively detailed and consistently fascinating account of this amazing woman's life may force us to realign our predilection for clearly delineated hero-versus-villain judgments."

"Macintyre...tells this convoluted, multi-layered story with the sensibilities of a novelist, making every character uniquely compelling while keeping suspense high and the narrative charging ever forward."

"Espionage fans will be thrilled."

"It boggles the mind how a woman with so many domestic responsibilities—a husband and two children—could find time for spy drops and transmitting coded messages."