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In the Dark
In the Dark

In the Dark

FICTION

400 Pages, 5 x 8

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $17.95 (US $17.95)

Publication Date: May 2016

ISBN 9780141391458

Rights: US

Penguin UK (May 2016)
Penguin

Price: $17.95
 
 

Overview

From the author of the acclaimed Decoded comes another pageturning tale combining historical fiction, spycraft, and human drama

Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away; the beautiful, unstable math genius who meets a violent end; the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams; the spy who recounts a dangerous mission from beyond the grave. In this story of conspiracies, geniuses, revolutionaries and terrible moral choices, people sacrifice everything for a world of secrets—until, ultimately, it destroys them.

Author Biography

Mai Jia (the pseudonym of Jiang Benhu), the author of Decoded, is arguably the most successful writer in China today. His books are constant bestsellers, with total sales over three million copies. He is hailed as the forerunner of Chinese espionage fiction, and has created a unique genre that combines spycraft, code-breaking, crime, human drama, historical fiction, and metafiction. He has won almost every major award in China, including the highest literary honor, the Mao Dun Award.