Below are the memoirs, books and archives that informed the research for the novel — along with the Los Angeles Times’ 1985–1989 coverage, which I used to follow these events the way readers did at the time.
- Milt Bearden and James Risen, The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Final Showdown with the KGB. Presidio Press, 2004.
- Ronald Kessler, Moscow Station: How the KGB Penetrated the American Embassy. Pocket Books, 1990.
- Ronald Kessler, Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U.S. Pocket Books, 1991.
- Edward Lee Howard, Safe House: The Compelling Memoirs of the Only CIA Spy to Seek Asylum in Russia (An Enigma Book). National Press Books, 1995.
- Robert F. Ober Jr., Tchaikovsky 19: A Diplomatic Life Behind the Iron Curtain. Xlibris, 2008.
- Nicholas Daniloff, Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent. University of Missouri Press, 2008.
- Artyom Borovik, The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist’s Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. Faber & Faber, 2001.
- Steve Coll, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. Penguin Books, 2004.
- Peter Millar, 1989: The Berlin Wall: My Part in Its Downfall. Arcadia Books, 2014.
- Paul J. Crutzen and John W. Birks, “The Atmosphere after a Nuclear War: Twilight at Noon,” Ambio, 1982.
- Out of the Blue: Russia’s Hidden Gay Literature : An Anthology. Kevin Moss (editor), Simon Karlinsky (Introduction). Gay Sunshine Press, 1996.
- The anatomy of two traitors: The defection of Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin. Aegean Park Press, 1981.
- Anderson, Rick. ‘Before Edward Snowden: “Sexual deviates” and the NSA. Salon, July 1, 2013.
- Los Angeles Times online archive, 1985 – 1989.