Zpověď starého pána – Haidler Jaroslav (2022)

A Czech journalist is sent by the Jewish community of Paris to Elba to search for gold stolen by Nazi leaders. The short story The Confession of an Old Man also tells of life in the Czech borderlands, barbed by communists, and the courage of those who tried to escape from the totalitarian state. In the pub Sonata on the outskirts of Prague, the hero of this story secretly meets with a police detective to uncover an extremist organization of post-revolutionary Stalinists. A young investigative journalist, who is arrested while reporting from a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, is rescued from prison by a mysterious organization called the Wise. Thus, the Hot Season for the young man continues with dangerous reporting from Wuhan, China, about the origins of the coronavirus. However, the season full of danger does not end even with his return home, where another adventure awaits our hero in the form of the beautiful Viktorie. Even long after the end of World War II, former Nazis continued to operate in German politics and the bureaucratic apparatus. The Israeli Mossad and former Nazis are interested in a list buried in the Jizera Mountains. What begins with a tennis tournament of security forces in Berlin continues with the espionage tale The Last Game. What secrets do the KGB materials in the Moscow archive hold about the past of the future president…