The Chinese Spymaster

[A.F.]

The Chinese Spymaster by Hock G. Tjoa

Chinese Intelligence uncovers a North Korean trying to sell a nuclear device. Then they find five other dealers trying to do the same. The buyer is the same in every case--the Pashtuns. Is this a "Pashtun Spring"? A realignment of geopolitical power in Central Asia? A resurgence of Islamist terrorism? In order to anticipate and confront these threats, Spymaster Wang must negotiate through bureaucratic rivalries, as well as personal ambitions, at home and abroad. He reaches for ancient insight into strategies and unorthodox alliances. But the struggle he must undertake cannot cease, and the outcome always remains in doubt. The Spymaster must also confront a vendetta within the Party as well as the determination of his Old Friends and their wives to make him a "match."

[Nicolas]

I read this a bit back. It's a good book, although I had my pet peeves. I learn something every time I pick up a book of his. Heaven Is High, And The Emperor Far Away is still my favorite, mainly because of the subtlety in the central idea of the play. This one's solid, though. You guys will have fun with it.

Happy reading!