A War in Red: The Life of a Female Spy

In 1941 Shanghai, tensions simmer beneath the struggle between the foreign concessions and the occupied districts. Su Yan, a gifted foreign-language student at St. John's University, unexpectedly takes up her father's unfinished "Cocoon-Breaking Plan" after he is assassinated. He was a member of the underground Communist Party, and the plan is to destroy a Japanese military intelligence relay station. Seeking revenge and driven by her beliefs, she sheds her youthful innocence and becomes a top spy, adept at disguise and intelligence work.