The Insider (Russian: Инсайдер) is the final book of the science fiction literary cycle Empire of Weia by Russian writer Yulia Latynina.

This novel was published in 1999 in Olma-Press (Russia).

The story takes place on another planet in a feudal empire, which began to interact with the highly developed civilization on Earth.

ABC Award from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in 2000.

Boris Strugatsky said: "It's the new type of the novels".