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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — A Winter Ending, A Story’s Beginning
Chapter 3: — Spring Light in a Shadowed City
Chapter 4: — Becoming LUMEN in War-Torn Vienna
Chapter 5: — A Marriage in Moscow, A Life in Disguise
Chapter 6: — Anya’s Return and a Glimpse Across the Divide
Chapter 7: — A Baby in Moscow, A Promise in the Shadows
Chapter 8: — Martyrs, Lies, and a Quiet Line in the Sand
Chapter 9: — A Pepsi Can and the Art of Invisible Defiance
Chapter 10: — LUMEN’s Light and the Cost of Caring
Chapter 11: — Able Archer and the Edge of the Abyss
Chapter 12: — Mother, Daughter, and the Name Kadinova
Chapter 13: — Exfiltration and Sacrifice
Chapter 14: — Inheritance of Light
Chapter 15: — What Remains in the Dark
Description
A Shadow in Moscow follows two courageous spies whose lives, choices, and love weave across four decades of Cold War history. In 1944 Vienna, Ingrid Bauer loses her parents to the Nazis and begins secretly aiding the British. Years later, she marries a Soviet officer and relocates to Moscow, where she becomes MI6’s most elusive source—code name LUMEN—working right under the KGB’s nose. Meanwhile in 1980 Washington, DC, Anya Kadinova, a Soviet Foreign Studies student, falls for an American classmate and discovers hope—and danger—in equal measure. Returning to Moscow, she faces brutal surveillance, a best friend’s murder, and the impossible choice to join the CIA as SCOUT. Their separate missions collide in a high‑stakes handoff in Vienna, where mother and daughter recognize each other across the glass of a hotel café. One must flee. One must step forward. This is a story of truth held in secret, of love that outlasts fear, and of freedom found in the most constrained places.
Who Should Listen
- Listeners who love character‑driven espionage with real emotional stakes
- Fans of Cold War history seeking a human lens on Moscow and Vienna
- Book clubs exploring courage, conscience, and complex mother‑daughter bonds
- Anyone who enjoyed quiet thrillers like The Spy and the Traitor or historical dramas with heart