The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88, a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar. A spy in one of the most dangerous places on Earth in 1993: Student Lachlan Kite is sent to Russia by secret intelligence agency BOX 88. To the outside world, he is there as a language teacher. In reality, he is there as a spy. But Kite’s mission soon goes wrong and he is left stranded with a former KGB officer on his trail. An old enemy looking for revenge 2020: Kite discovers he has been placed on the JUDAS list – enemies of Russia who have been targeted for assassination. His only hope of survival is to confront the Russian secret state head onÉ Who will come out on top in this deadly game of cat and mouse? “Judas 62 has all you could want from a tense, topical, and intelligent spy thriller” The Times Books of the Year