The Mercenary Files

[Mercenaries + no System + war + no saintly hero] Some people simply aren’t made for peacetime. Lin Tian appears to be a harmless college graduate, but in reality, he leads the mysterious international security organization known as the Blade Team. He has an unusual team: Assault specialist “Huzi,” a retired armed police officer with a back covered in tattoos. He can blow a pirate’s head off from 1,500 meters away, but he’s a violent man seeking redemption. Intelligence officer “He Zhifan,” a gifted Peking University math graduate and a refined scoundrel who uses probability theory to calculate his chances of killing someone. Tracker “Ake,” a Wa hunter from the border jungles who can find an enemy’s hideout just by sniffing the soil. And Lin Tian is their alpha wolf. From a 1,500-meter sniper kill in Somalia to a silent infiltration of the jungles of northern Myanmar; from evacuating expatriates for a multinational corporation to hunting down internationally wanted war criminals. They do the job for money, operating in the gray areas of the law. They’re all villains, yet they hold on to one last line they won’t cross. In this dog-eat-dog world, the contract’s disclaimer reads: “You assume all risks, including death.” But Lin Tian doesn’t care. Whenever he wakes from a nightmare in the dead of night, he cleans the gun in his hands. “Don’t mess with that college kid, because you’ll never know how many guns are hidden in the shadows behind him.” This is the story of a group of lunatics searching for a reason to live on the battlefield.