Although now largely forgotten outside Russia, Boris Savinkov (1879-1925) was famous and notorious during his lifetime, both at home and abroad, as a terrorist, a scandalous novelist, a government minister, and an advisor to Churchill. Neither a "Red" nor a "White," Savinkov was dedicated to transforming his homeland into a democratic, humane, and enlightened state. Savinkov became Soviet Russia's most prized political prisoner, but as Vladimir Alexandrov reveals, he would strike one last blow against the tyrannical regime.