Hidden Shadows

In an age of chaos, with flames of war rising on all sides, he is a lone shadow dancing on the edge of a blade.

Xiao Yunxuan is a rising star in the Kuomintang's Military and Political Department, the sharpest sword in Dai Li's hand. A graduate of Whampoa who studied in Germany, he holds a key post in the Generalissimo's Staff Office and enjoys the leader's deep trust. Yet behind his dazzling resume and power lies a top-secret identity: codename "Qianlong," the Chinese Communist Party's most deeply embedded agent.

Behind neon-lit dances, undercurrents in official circles, and ever-shifting battlefields, a silent war has already begun. Japanese spies, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and other factions have their eyes everywhere. Every step is a plunge toward the edge of a cliff. Facing Dai Li's endless tests, each more suspicious and ruthless than the last, Xiao Yunxuan relies on extraordinary intelligence and composure to walk the tightrope with ease, sending a steady stream of crucial intelligence on the nation's fate and the cause of liberation to Yan'an, from plots to provoke conflict and Japanese troop movements to the Yangtze River defense plans.

He meets Chu Wanqing, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant, amid suspicion and attraction, unaware that she is his fellow comrade. With sincere feelings and false pretenses intertwined, they must make a cruel choice between protecting their love and fulfilling their mission.

This is the ultimate contest of intelligence and will. Infiltration, assassination, counterespionage, and secrets stolen... In the deepest darkness before dawn, he is an army unto himself, shaking the world, all to plant that bright red flag in the heart of the enemy.

He is the man concealed in the enemy's shadow. His name is the secret that must not be spoken on the eve of victory.