South China Special Operations Bureau

The South China Special Operations Bureau is an intelligence agency directly under the central government. The protagonist, Jin Ningte, codename “The Liberator,” is the bureau’s star agent, routinely venturing into the lion’s den to carry out a range of high-risk missions. Unlike national security agents, their operations are usually domestic: they infiltrate criminal organizations to gather intelligence, assassinate or capture crime bosses. They have independent law-enforcement authority and may decide for themselves whether to execute criminals, depending on the importance of the target. Every agent in the South China Special Operations Bureau is rigorously selected from retired special forces soldiers, then trained in surveillance and counter-surveillance and in criminal investigation. Only those who pass are allowed to take up the post. Their former identities have been erased from the national household registration system, including their fingerprints and facial recognition data. Any information available through other channels is fabricated by the bureau; only its internal System contains the truth. This book recounts Jin Ningte’s many investigations, each a suspense-filled tale fraught with danger.