Chongqing, 1946.
Chen Mingsheng, chief of the Security Bureau's anti-subversion division, code-named "Ferryboat," is a Communist underground operative embedded in the heart of enemy territory.
His wife of four months, Gu Xiaoya, is gentle, considerate, and well-educated. Every night after he falls asleep, she slips into his study and searches every sheet of paper and every book. She is the Security Bureau's "silver bullet," and their marriage was an assignment from the start.
A comrade believed dead for ten years suddenly appears with shocking news: there is a "chess player" hidden within the organization, and Chen Mingsheng himself is nothing more than a pawn that can be discarded at any moment.
On the night of their meeting, a mysterious gunman silences the comrade. Zheng Mingchuan uses a token found on the body to test Chen, his wife secretly approaches his superior, and someone watches him from outside the window late at night.
Caught between the Security Bureau's suspicions and the underground party's distrust, every step he takes brings him closer to the abyss.
A different kind of spy novel, a plain life, may be the final destination that every agent longs for, despite countless sacrifices and forbearance. However, some paragraphs have a high repetition rate. I wonder if the author did this intentionally.
I haven't continued reading any of the recent spy novels. Fortunately, this book is very well written. I can feel that the author writes calmly and rigorously without being mystical. There is suspense everywhere in the article, attracting readers to follow it step by step.
I like to understand the history of heaven and the difficulties of our ancestors
The story is very exciting and interesting. I hope to write more. Thank you.
The undercurrent is surging, too dangerous.
It's true, but a bit weird, and it always feels like a contradiction.
The plot is coherent, good