A Shadow Intelligence

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The intelligence service invests over GBP100k and two years training new field officers, teaching skills like car theft, weapon disassembly, bank hacking, blackmail, and even navigating by the stars. However, they neglect to prepare recruits for the personal toll of their work. Elliot Kane, a seasoned operative with fifteen years of experience managing covert events, finds himself in a precarious situation when Joanna Lake, the woman he loves, disappears in Kazakhstan. As a ghost in his own life, Kane has mastered the art of adopting new identities, but Joanna's vanishing forces him into the spotlight. He transitions from merely infiltrating situations to actively steering them, facing the complexities of hybrid psychological warfare in a snowbound Kazakhstan. The geopolitical landscape, caught between China, Russia, and the West, complicates matters further, as state intelligence clashes with powerful private agencies. With trust in short supply and his colleagues turning against him, Kane must navigate a web of deception to uncover Joanna's fate and the secrets she may have discovered before her disappearance. Time is running out, and he must determine who is truly in control of the unfolding events.