Ruské kolo offers Thomas Kell a chance to return after a former colleague dies in unclear circumstances. The investigation opens a world of intelligence half-truths, where a personal career opportunity offers no certainty about other people's intentions.
Thomas Kell is out of service, and his career in British intelligence appears to be over. When his former colleague Paul Wallinger dies in unclear circumstances, Kell gets an opportunity to return to a world where nobody tells the whole truth.
Book information
- Author
- Charles Cumming
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Vyšehrad
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- špionážny thriller, thriller
- ISBN
- 978-80-742-9565-2
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 360
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-742-9764-9) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-742-9763-2)
What is Ruské kolo about?
Kell travels to Turkey to investigate Wallinger's death and gradually discovers that a series of failed Western intelligence operations in the Middle East may not be coincidental. The clues suggest a mole within Western intelligence structures. The investigation draws him into a web of manipulation, cover operations, and betrayal in which even trusting his own colleagues may be dangerous.
Themes and motifs
Espionage and counterintelligence
The story focuses on secret operations and the search for someone working against Western services from within.
Betrayal
The possibility of a mole turns every professional connection into a potential security risk.
Trust
Kell must decide whom he can trust in a world built on secrecy and deception.
A return to service
Investigating Wallinger's death gives a sidelined agent the chance to reenter the world of intelligence operations.
Setting
Primarily Turkey and the wider geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, within the world of British and Western intelligence services.
Main characters
Thomas Kell
A former British intelligence agent who returns to the field to investigate a colleague's death and uncover a possible mole.
Paul Wallinger
An experienced intelligence officer whose mysterious death triggers Kell's investigation.
Amelia Leveneová
Kell's former superior, who informs him of Wallinger's death and draws him back into the intelligence world.
Who is this book for?
For readers of spy thrillers and stories about MI6, counterintelligence, and modern geopolitical conflicts.
Book context
Ruské kolo is the Czech edition of British author Charles Cumming's A Colder War. It is the second novel featuring agent Thomas Kell and follows A Foreign Country, published in Czech as Cizí země. The original appeared in 2014; SOURCE_FACT lists 2016 and 360 pages for the Czech electronic edition.
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- Thomas Kell – tento titul je 2. diel
Otázky o knihe
What is Ruské kolo about?
Thomas Kell investigates the mysterious death of his colleague Paul Wallinger and gradually uncovers clues leading to a mole sabotaging Western intelligence operations.
Who wrote Ruské kolo?
The author is British writer Charles Cumming.
What is the original title of Ruské kolo?
The original English title is A Colder War.
Where does Ruské kolo fall in the Thomas Kell series?
It is the second novel featuring Thomas Kell.
Which book does Ruské kolo follow?
It follows A Foreign Country, published in Czech as Cizí země.
Where does a significant part of the story take place?
A significant part of the investigation takes place in Turkey and concerns intelligence operations in the Middle East.
How many pages does this edition have?
SOURCE_FACT lists 360 pages.
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