Charles Thoroughgood

Formerly a British army officer based in Northern Ireland and trained in bomb disposal, Charles is a trainee spy at MI6, Britain’s Secret Service. He has returned to a London blighted by power cuts, strikes and suspicion, and there he quickly finds himself plunged in at the deep end.

His bosses ask him to revive his former friendship with Viktor Koslov, a Russian Diplomat he knew at University, with a view to “turning” him. But Viktor has his own agenda and reveals a shocking truth about Charles’ own family that threatens to derail him, both personally and professionally.