Dosvidonia, Neptune King

Dosvidonia, Neptune King is the 18th book in this series. This time the boys are entangled in the world of espionage when C of MI6 recruits them on a special mission to the USSR. In the year 1963, double agent Kim Philby was discovered working for British Intelligence. Before they could arrest him, he fled to Russia and compromised the British spy network. ANow an informant in Moscow wants to defect and asks the British secret service for help. As an inducement she offers them a list naming all the Soviet spies resident in the UK and USA. Because Philby knows all their operatives they enlist Neptune and Shark to go over to escort Svetlana Roshevsky and her list back to England. According to the head of the secret service, the mission will be a “walk in the park.” It proves to be anything but.
Posing as car dealers, they befriend a local car salesman who proves useful in that he is friends with the manager at the Bolshoi and they get invited back stage to meet the ballerina’s. Their contact, Svetlana is the prima ballerina. Meeting her, Neptune is surprised to learn that she has a daughter that she intends to bring with her. Unfortuantely they don’t have any documents for the daughter. Unfortunately the same day they meet with Svetlana they also run into Boris Slovenski, the ex-Russian ambassador, who recognizes Shark from the time Shark and his brother exposed him as a spy and had him run out of England. Not realizing Slovenski is onto them, they set about obtaining forged documents for Svetlana’s daughter.
At their second meeting with Svetlana at the Bolshoi, they become rather nervous when they notice all the uniformed soldiers present. They’re arrested, tortured, and threatened of being shot as spies. Their situation is desperate. Incarcerated in the notorious Lubyanka prison, their future looks bleak. Will they be sent to Siberia? Will they get out alive? Will Neptune ever see Rachel and Max again, and Shark Becky and his newborn twins? This is their most dangerous case ever and the stakes are high. Will they survive and make it home? Start reading and find out…