Sergei Kourdakov, a former KGB agent and Soviet naval intelligence officer, defected from the USSR at the age of twenty. A year later we met at my Federal Government office in Washington DC. We were watched and followed. “Even you could be spy,” Sergei whispered. My book, A Rose for Sergei, is the true story of our time together.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Throw Me a Lifejacket


Wikipedia defines a lifejacket as a personal flotation device that is designed to assist a wearer, either conscious or unconscious, to keep afloat.

Do you sometimes feel like you are drowning in a sea of information?  The Internet floods us with so much information, accurate and inaccurate, that you need to wade through and pick out what you need.  You might even need a flotation device just to stay afloat.  You gather all of the information you can, and then you make your own informed decision about what is the truth.

Recently I read an article online about Sergei Kourdakov and his book, The Persecutor.  I did feel that a few of the topics covered were based on inaccurate information.  For example, Sergei told many people that he felt his life was in danger and that, if anything happened to him, it would be made to look like an accident.  This is well documented.  So it makes me wonder if the writer just wanted to write a scathing review.  I have to remind myself that there are two sides to every story and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

In my book, A Rose for Sergei, you will not need a lifejacket to wade through a sea of misinformation. 
 
This is a firsthand account.
 
 

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