Deze serie volgt Thomas Kell, een doorgewinterde inlichtingenagent die onder controversiële omstandigheden gedwongen wordt de dienst te verlaten. Aanvankelijk doelloos en vol wrok, verlangt hij naar het leven dat hij verloor en het doel dat het bood. Een onverwachte kans trekt hem terug in de schimmige wereld van spionage voor één laatste, gevaarlijke missie. Zijn zoektocht zal zijn vaardigheden op de proef stellen, zijn loyaliteit uitdagen en hem over internationale grenzen voeren, waar de belangen hoger zijn dan ooit.
Six weeks before she is due to take up her position as head of MI6, Amelia Levene vanishes without a trace. Her disappearance is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced for more than a decade. There has been no ransom demand, no word from foreign intelligence services, no hint of a defection
Perfect for fans of John le Carre, a gripping and suspenseful spy novel from 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday)
Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life to the Service, but it has left him with nothing but grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin. Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge. Taking the law into his own hands, he embarks on a mission to recruit a top Russian spy who is in possession of a terrifying secret. As Kell tracks his man from Moscow to London, he finds himself in a high stakes game of cat and mouse in which it becomes increasingly difficult to know who is playing whom. As the mission reaches boiling point, the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack looms over Britain. Kell is faced with an impossible choice. Loyalty to MI6 - or to his own conscience?