# Kurt Vogel — The Time Traders character guide

> Kurt Vogel in The Time Traders by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kurt, Granted Kurt

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A cool, resourceful Russian agent who talks Ross into a doomed escape across the polar night, Kurt is the enemy's face—prepared, confident, and ultimately outmatched.

## Who they are

Kurt arrives at the arctic base with ingenious devices and a plan to reach his own rendezvous, and he nearly sells Ross on the gamble. When the project's mechanical hound and Kelgarries's team close in, his boasted immunity proves hollow and his friends walk into a blast. His only visible emotion comes when he learns what happened to them, a flicker that makes the Reds feel less like abstractions and more like men Ross might have become.

## Relationships

### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock)

_rivalry_

Kurt Vogel is a dangerous enemy agent who repeatedly clashes with Ross in a high-stakes espionage conflict.

### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock)

_rivalry_

Kurt Vogel is a dangerous enemy agent who repeatedly clashes with Ross in a high-stakes espionage conflict.

### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock)

_rivalry_

Kurt Vogel is a dangerous enemy agent who repeatedly clashes with Ross in a high-stakes espionage conflict.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/ii)

Speaks to Ross about meeting later and reports Hardy's condition to Ashe.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/iii)

Kurt is a manipulative figure who convinces Ross to escape, claiming to have been tricked into the project. He demonstrates detailed knowledge of the base's security and leads the escape.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/iv)

Kurt is mentioned as a Red agent who was captured by Ross; his escape plan failed and his rendezvous was destroyed.

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