A Diversion of the Highest Level

7 hrs. 59 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexander Afanasyev

Narrator Sergey Dadyko

Description

An officer of the GRU is sent to Kyiv on an illegal mission of utmost importance. The intelligence agent is tasked with recruiting a former GRU super-agent codenamed Lazarus; if he refuses, the task is to eliminate him. The agent arrives in the Ukrainian capital and tries to contact Lazarus—but the super-agent himself comes to the agent’s hotel. He realizes why the agent has come; Lazarus notes everything and even calculates complicated multi-step combinations. But neither he nor the agent yet knows whether they are enemies or allies. A subtle psychological game begins.

The agent declares that he is going to kill the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Moskovenko, and asks Lazarus to get him a sniper rifle. Lazarus promises.

In the icy eyes of two former colleagues you cannot see feelings, moods, or intentions. But each of them has already begun his own game and made the first move. The next move is up to the agent…