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And that's a wrap. The best spy thriller ever written on modern China? It's certainly in the running.

We meet a very professional MSS. By the book chap but ultimately he's pragmatic and very fair to Caine and his friends. I'm sure we'll see him in a future story.

Dave explains his evil scheme. Actually pretty creative and factors into one of the biggest safety hazards in the PRC today.

Tragic backstory of Dave. A surprise hidden casualty of Modern China and what went into building it. Also a victim of the most serious sin an intelligence officer can commit. You do not abandon assets that serve you to die when you have the opportunity to save them.

Endgame. We come to the part where a lot of things are about to fall. Bodies mostly.

There are many birds in cages. One of them really wants to be set free. Quite a sad tale. One which you'll only hear if you buy the book.

The DCS and the Special Activities Division men have been rumbled. Someone really wants them dead and built a helicopter gunship just to murder them all. Unlucky for the pilots, the DCS team is heavily armed.

Well. That's gonna leave a mark. The MSS are going to be pretty sore about the property damage that has just ensured.

Meanwhile, the CIA director of clandestine services has due to a recent attack against her, initiated an off the books operation with her head of security. The NSA just parked a tank on the Company's lawn. It is about to be hit with the force of a cruise missile.

Currently, Caine and Company are on the lam in Southern China. They've just been forced to evacuate a bullet train on the Beijing to line. Unforeseen complications. 3-4 hitters who due to Caine's handiwork won't be disembarking at the platform down south.