Gorky 17

The year is 2008. NATO intelligence reports that, for some unknown reason, the Russian army has destroyed one of its so-called "secret cities" known by the code word 'Gorky 17'. This exact replica of an American city was used to train the best Russian spies during the Cold War. "The city’s been deserted since the collapse of the Iron Curtain", comes the reassuring answer from the Kremlin, "now that we are friends, we no longer need such monuments to mistrust". But NATO commanders aren’t buying this PR exercise – they know that Gorky 17 had another, far more important purpose. This was where ...