Uncwadi lobuntlola lwenze utshintsho oluyimfuneko ukuze lulungele ixesha langoku. Imeko yanamhlanje yezopolitiko yamazwe ngamazwe yabelana ngokubaluleka okufanayo phakathi kwendawo ebonakalayo yamazwe kunye nemida kunye naloo nzonzobila yothungelwano apho wonke umdla wezopolitiko okanye wezoqoqosho ufumana umlinganiso ongalindelekanga phakathi kwemisinga yezimvo kunye nezoyikiso zohlaselo lwe-cyber. Ababhali ababalulekileyo bohlobo kwixesha lalo elineziqhamo ezifana UJohn Le Carré , Tom Clancy okanye UFrederick forsyth, basaqhubeleka nokutsalwa ngobutyebi benkulungwane yama-20. Kodwa nawuphi na umbhali omtsha ojonge ukubonelela ngebali lentlola elihlaziyiweyo elihlaziyiweyo kufuneka ajongane nesiphelo esikude seMfazwe ebandayo esisingise kungquzulwano olutsha olufihlakeleyo phakathi kokwenyani kunye nenyani.
Nantsi indlela UDavid Baldacci y UDaniel Silva kunye noCharles Cumming ngokwakhe baqonde ukuba kufuneka baqale kule ndibaniselwano ikhankanywe ngasentla, ngobutyebi becebo elikhulu kunye nobucukubhede ukuze baphele begcina umfundi ekuxinana ukuya kwiziphelo ezothusayo.
I-Cumming isithatha isiya kwi-85 Albert Embankment Street ukuze singene kwiiofisi ze-MI6, apho iimeko ezinzima kakhulu zivela malunga ne-mole ebeka ingozi kwiinkonzo zobuntlola zaseBritani kwaye, ngokwandisa, ibhalansi yezopolitiko enzima.
Kwilizwe lobukrelekrele apho iarhente nganye yequmrhu ngalinye iyazi iimfihlo ezinkulu kunye nezixhobo, ukukrokrela nje ukuba omnye wabo unokudlala amacala amabini ujika yonke into ibe phantsi. Njengakwamanye amaxesha, enye yezona arhente ziphikisanayo, uThomas Kell (olilishwa lomsebenzi wakhe esele sifunde ngalo kwinoveli yangaphambili kule saga) uthatha ulawulo lophando lokufumanisa imolekyuli.
Uxinzelelo luyanikezelwa. Kungenxa yokuba imigibe neengozi ezingalindelekanga zivela kwiintshukumo zangaphantsi komhlaba zentuku. I-mole inolwazi oluninzi malunga nombutho kwaye ixhaswa ngumxhasi wakhe othile kwimishini yokumisa yonke into. Ukubulawa okungaphezulu kunokwenzeka komnye wabaphathi be-MI6, owafa kwingozi engabonakali ukushiya nayiphi na indawo yokukrokra, uqala uphando olukhokelwa nguThomas Kell ozimisele ukwenza nantoni na ukuxolelana nombutho.
Sihamba isiqingatha sehlabathi, kunye neendlela zokuya nokubuya ukusuka kuMbindi Mpuma ukuya eNtshona. I-Istanbul ibisoloko iyilaa ndawo ibalulekileyo phakathi kwehlabathi ezimbini ezichaseneyo kwaye ukusuka apho iyelenqe lamasebe kunye nela mva leyelenqe elivela kwamanye amaxesha elixutywe nezona zixhobo zanamhlanje.
UThomas Kell ufumanisa ukuba ityala linxibelelene njani nekamva lakhe lobuqu, ekwehleni kwakhe njengearhente. Kuphela, nabani na otsala intambo akazi ukuba uTomas uza kwenza konke okusemandleni akhe, akacebi ukushiya nomphetho omnye ukhululekile. Kwaye uya kutsala isicwangciso sakhe kumda wokuqinisekisa ukuba umhlaba awunikezeli kowona mngcipheko mkhulu wakutsha nje...
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