Novels like The Fog of Espionage
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- 51 The Green Beetle Project 青蚨计划 Before the Suizao Campaign in 1939, the situation in Xianjiang City in northwestern Hubei was turbulent, with a tangled web of competing forces. Young Liu Muchu had just returned from studying overseas. On the way home with his father, he was inexplicably attacked by armed bandits. But they clearly weren't after the wealthy Master Liu's money, nor were they seeking revenge against him. After narrowly escaping, Liu Muchu immediately realized the ambush might have been aimed at him. More precisely —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 52 Espionage: Capturing the Japanese Officer's Wife, Tan Xin Has Intelligence 谍战：俘虏鬼子夫人檀心有情报 This author is lazy and won’t write a blurb longer than 50 characters! When there aren’t enough characters, they make up the difference with “ah”: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... 5Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 53 Espionage: The Days I Slacked Off at the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战我在军统摆烂的日子 We live in a peaceful era, but how many nameless heroes sacrificed their lives for this country and its people? History books are too thin to contain their greatness. Turn a page, and you've got their whole lives! History books are also too thick. We can't remember their names; we only know that they are heroes! He transmigrates through time to China during the War of Resistance Against Japan and takes the place of the original owner. Following his elders' arrangements, he joins the Juntong as a 74Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Spy Games: A Fight to the Death 谍战，生死较量 I transmigrated to Jiangcheng in 1936, on the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance, and became an action team member of the Lixingshe. At this critical moment, when the nation’s very survival was at stake, I couldn’t change the course of history. But I would still do everything in my power, using my talents to shed my blood for our country’s victory in the war against Japan. 91Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 55 Republican Era: From the Military Intelligence Bureau to Ruling the World 民国：从军统开始纵横天下 By a stroke of fate, Zhou Lin transmigrated back to the Republic of China in 1936 and became an intelligence agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. It was an era of turmoil, but also one full of opportunities. With a clear head, an accurate grasp of the situation, and a little help from the System, watch as Zhou Lin navigates the competing forces of Japan, the Nationalist government, and the underground Communist Party. How will he, caught at the heart of the maelstrom, rise to become a major 77Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 56 Espionage and War 谍与战 Wu Zimo, a police officer at the Xing'an Town Police Station in Manchukuo, transmigrates and awakens a talent for perceiving mental states. He can detect people's microexpressions in a fraction of a second, improving from one-fifth of a second to as fast as 1/25 of a second. By honing and refining his mental abilities in the field, Wu Zimo steadily becomes faster at recognizing and catching microexpressions. This gives Wu Zimo a foothold in the puppet Manchukuo police force and becomes the found 14Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 57 Espionage: The Special Higher Police Agency Is Gone, and You Still Call Him Loyal? 谍战：特高课都没了，你说他忠诚 1940. Dongye Ming transmigrates into the role of an action squad leader in the Special Higher Police Section at the Japanese Shanghai Headquarters. Dongye Ming thinks that transmigrating to 1940 means he can shoot the Japanese invaders, but he never expects that the first person he wants to shoot is himself. He cries, “I can’t become Japanese. I can’t betray our martyrs. I’m going to kill this Japanese devil right now.” Just as he points the gun at himself, an unexpected turn of events occurs. Y 8Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 58 You Japanese Spy, I'll Never Let You Get Away! 狗特务我不会放过你的！ “You’re saying Director Han is a spy? Baka! Director Han serves as head of all six bureaus, and the Emperor has given him more commendations than he’s given the general. If he’s a spy, does that make the Emperor his handler?! Why would he spy? For money? Half of Shanghai belongs to him. Does he need money? Or women? The most beautiful women you’ve ever seen don’t hold a candle to the beauties from every country whom Director Han wouldn’t even look at.” Even while surrounded by darkness, my heart 75Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 59 A Spy's Career, Starting with The Pretender 特工生涯，从伪装者开始 [No romance + transmigration + System] Office worker Lian Shuo is swallowed by a sudden explosion on his way to work. When he wakes up, he finds himself in Shanghai in 1933. An encounter with Ming Jing at a business association gathering makes him realize he’s in the world of The Disguiser, and an assistant System soon follows. Since Lian Shuo knows the story inside out, watch him make the most of his knowledge… 45Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 60 Espionage: Lone Wolf of the Blade 谍战：刀锋孤狼 [War-of-resistance espionage, spy intrigue, history, agents, play the pig to eat the tiger, face-slapping, suspense, workplace] [No golden finger, no System, no transmigration. Historical espionage inspired by real people.] [Lieutenant general and bureau chief, a double agent: a heart beating in enemy territory, living like a nameless lone wolf] A lieutenant general and bureau chief. The commander-in-chief personally summoned him to the meeting and marked his proposed plan “Approved.” A renowned 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Espionage: I Shock Zheng Yaoxian from the Start and Become a Symbol of Faith 谍战：开局震惊郑耀先，我成信仰 After transmigrating, Ye Ming finds himself in a world where espionage dramas such as Kite, The Disguiser, The Message, and Lurk have merged. He becomes a military academy student and classmate of Ming Tai and Yu Manli, stunning Zheng Yaoxian from the start. After graduation, Ye Ming is ordered to infiltrate the city of Shanghai and rebuild the Military Statistics Bureau’s Shanghai branch. Before long, Shanghai is gripped by fear of a triple agent who terrifies Japanese and puppet-government spi 410Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Shadows of Intrigue: 57 Thrilling, Gripping Mysteries from the World of Espionage 谍影重重：惊心动魄、扣人心弦的57个谍海谜团 Broadly speaking, a spy is someone who engages in secret investigative work, gathering confidential intelligence or carrying out acts of sabotage against an enemy or competitor to benefit the side they serve. Spies are also known as agents or undercover operatives. One of a spy's main duties is to obtain intelligence through illegal or legal means, in secret or in public. They may also engage in covert activities such as subversion, assassination, kidnapping, bombing, psychological warfare, and 92Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 63 Shadow of the Spy: The Lion Rises 谍影枭雄 Lu Zhongrui returns to the Republican era. A Huangpu Military Academy graduate, he joins the secret front, hunting down Japanese spies, rescuing Nanjing, taking control of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and turning the tide of a collapsing nation. Step by step, he saves the people and changes the course of history, becoming a legendary master spy! 6Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 64 Espionage: I Took Out the Tokko Chief from the Start 谍战：开局就干掉了特高科科长 (Spy thriller + Transmigration + System + Saving the nation and its people + Ruthless action + Feel-good power fantasy) A homebody transmigrated into the body of an ace agent codenamed Viper. As soon as he arrived, fate played a joke on him: almost as if in a dream, he killed the head of the Special Higher Police. He was thrown straight into the military police prison. But there was always a way out. With his life hanging in the balance, he turned the tables and walked out in spectacular fash 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Espionage Fever 谍战狂潮 Huang Haoda was reborn in the year 2939. A military intelligence agent, he used his knowledge and skills to kill traitors and Japanese spies, solving one Japanese espionage case after another. He became a figure feared by spies and traitors alike. He weathered countless schemes and faced innumerable dangers... 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Rifling in the Barrel 枪膛线 A war story that stays closer to the truth than any other; a Nationalist Army captain who crawls out of a pile of corpses; an impossible mission; a romance that seems destined to blossom… His codename is “New Year”! His activation plunges him into a world of twists and treachery; his arrival changes the fate of both sides… Where will his path lead? 14Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 67 Espionage: I Play Double Agent and Become an Arms Dealer 谍战：我玩无间道，成了军火贩子 In 1940, Jinling, the Military Statistics Bureau had been all but wiped out. The 76th Office, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the Special Higher Police, the puppet government: all kinds of forces were entangled together. Xiang Yang, a member of the 76th Office’s security team, was a marginal figure and also a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. In a world where it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe and everything lay in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Wind Raider 掠风者 In the winter of 1938, the Japanese occupied Tianjin. Zhou Chufeng, a trusted aide to the notorious traitor Shen Fuxing, rescued Gu Caiwei, a female intelligence agent for the Nationalists. The two pretended to be lovers, using each other as cover to conceal their identities from Shen Fuxing and Hirota Ryoichi, the commander of the Japanese garrison. During an interrogation, Zhou Chufeng was activated as “Kindling,” a Communist agent planted deep undercover. At the same time, both received order 14Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 69 Espionage: Caught at the Meeting? Reveal My Special Higher Police Identity 谍战：接头被抓？亮出特高科身份 [Spy thriller + Republican era + 20,000 words daily + triple agent + no female lead + System] Good news: I transmigrated, and I even got a System. Bad news: I got arrested from the start while trying to make contact. My memories awakened during interrogation, and it turned out I was a well-connected insider at the Special High Police Agency, with powerful backing. So no problem. Then came more bad news: I was assigned to infiltrate the Military Statistics Bureau, forcing me to become a triple ag 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Behind the Bullet 子弹的背后 Zhong Xianghui and Zhong Xiangyu were brothers, but their parents held different political beliefs, so they were forced to live apart from an early age. The elder brother followed their father and joined the Military Statistics Bureau, where he earned the favor of Ding Enze, its head in Shanghai. The younger brother, Zhong Xiangyu, joined the Communist Party with their mother as a child and infiltrated the Bureau's Linli training program. There, he unexpectedly reunited with his brother, but bec 255Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 71 Espionage: One Poisonous Scheme After Another, Leaving the Japanese Calling Me a Living Yama 谍战：毒计连连，鬼子直呼活阎王 Gu Nan transmigrates to 1936 and becomes an ace “torture spy.” He awakens an ability to obtain intelligence. As long as he tortures the Japanese and makes them suffer, he can extract the intelligence they possess. Special Higher Police Section: We must never let Gu Nan get his hands on us. No one can keep a secret from him. Nan Zao Yun Zi: I didn’t say anything, really. Chief of the Special Higher Police Section: He just beat me up, and every top-secret agent hiding in China was exposed. Head of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Espionage: Shadow Without a Trace 谍战：无间谍影 A story about a modern man who transmigrates into the espionage-ridden Republic of China. The first hundred chapters mainly cover some spy cases in Jinling. I feel like the protagonist hasn't really had a chance to show what he can do yet. My initial plan is to send him into enemy-occupied territory after the first hundred chapters, where he can finally unleash his full potential. Art is a big explosion. 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, So How Did You Become the Boss of Shanghai? 谍战：让你潜伏，你成淞沪大佬？ [Espionage + no System + no brainless plot + loyal revolutionary roots + multiple identities] In the twentieth year of the Republic of China, the head of the Red Party's Third Special Section was arrested and immediately defected. Overnight, around a hundred outstanding Red Party comrades were arrested. Within a year, spies had uncovered nearly all of the Red Party's secret safe houses in Shanghai. Whenever the nation is in peril, heroes always step forward. Zhang Mingxue, only twenty-five years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Espionage Shadows on the Shanghai Bund 谍影上海滩 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the Wang Jingwei puppet regime, an engineering student transmigrates into the body of Yu Xia, director of the Special Operations Department at No. 76. Yu Xia, also known as the Smiling Tiger, is infamous as a living King of Hell. His ruthless methods make people tremble with fear at the mere mention of his name. See how Yu Xia, with blood on his hands, seeks redemption while trapped behind enemy lines. The story is full of twists and turns, so fa 532Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 75 Just Like His Father and Grandfather Once Were 就像他父辈和祖辈曾经的模样 (From World War I to World War II) (Slow burn, with the focus mainly on the period after World War I) (A note for readers who may want to pass: It's slow-paced. It has some wish-fulfillment, but nothing too outrageous.) (Alternate history) “Deceivers and doers aren't necessarily opposites. Deception takes many forms. If my actions make you believe that this is who I am, then I've succeeded in deceiving you. As for being a doer, I deceived you all and then made my deception a reality.” Humphryck 5Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 76 Espionage: A Forensic Doctor Reincarnates as the Republican Era's Top Spy 谍战：法医魂穿，成民国第一特务 [Crossover of Film and TV Worlds + Triple-Identity Agent + Vivid Characterization + No System] A year ago, he was an invisible nobody at work, a rookie forensic examiner! A year later, Gu Mingzhe transmigrates into a new body and becomes the Republican Era's most formidable agent! As for ruthlessness, Wang Manchun is no match for me! As for schemes, even the Viper Ming Lou is nothing special! As for presence, even Nanda Yoko has to bow and scrape before me! Codebreaking, reconnaissance, business 1.1kReads5.7Score—14d adds
- 77 The Little Spy's Successful Comeback 谍战小特务的成功逆袭 The extraordinary life of a little spy: I can identify and control spies. The great demon Li Shiqun of No. 76, the Eastern Witch Yoshiko Kawashima, and the Empire's Flower, Yun Zi Nanzō, all turn pale when they see this little spy. 82Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 78 Espionage: Tortured from the Start, but I'm Really Not a Spy 谍战：开局遭酷刑，我真不是间谍 After arriving in a parallel era, he has a spy System and goes undercover in a Japanese stronghold. Other undercover agents keep a low profile and conceal their identities. Sun Lang throws his weight around and courts death, turning Haishi upside down. He gets everyone in the region so furious they could explode... Military Statistics Bureau: "Since this Sun Lang refuses to join us, he'll only be a menace if we let him live. Send someone to kill him." The Red Party: "This Sun Lang shot one of ou 9Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 79 Agent: Code Name Deep Sea, Starting with Superpowers to Root Out Traitors 特工：代号深海，开局异能锄奸 A chance incident turned Yu Zecheng’s right hand into a portable superpowered arsenal. Defying his father’s obsession with sending him to study in Japan, he was admitted to the Juntong Qingpu Training Class as the top student in his field. He later became Dai Li’s most capable subordinate. Not only did he manipulate his immediate superior with ease, he also became a triple agent working for Juntong, Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime, and the Japanese. During the eight-year War of Resistance, he moved 479Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 80 Espionage: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 谍战之绝处逢生 Against the enemy, he is a sharp sword. To destroy them, he must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He longs to live beneath the "sunlight," but his duty confines him to the "shadows." This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who gave everything for their country! 92Reads7.4Score2514d adds
- 81 Agent: Yu Zecheng Is My Superior 特工：余则成是我上峰 [Transmigration + God of War + Rebirth + Urban Life + War] Li Lingfeng, a philosophy graduate from the northwest, stayed up all night preparing his job application materials and suddenly died on the street. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the body of a war hero carrying out a secret assassination mission during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The hero is also named Li Lingfeng, and he is following Yu Zecheng’s orders. 187Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战：从大闹京都开始 Japanese generals: “From now on, whenever you run into Gongsun Hao, keep your distance. He’s shameless.” Japanese military intelligence: “Why can’t we ever kill him? What is he made of?” The upper ranks of the Shancheng Army: “That slippery rascal’s causing trouble again. Who did he kill this time? What a menace.” The upper ranks of the Juntong: “Hurry and bring Gongsun Hao here. He’ll know what to do.” The world powers: “Gongsun Hao is nothing but a profiteer. He’s not someone you want to mess 19Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 83 The Wolf's Den 狼穴 To capture a wolf, first enter its den. Dance with the wolves, sleep among them. Be wise and courageous, stay calm in danger, win through the unexpected, and return victorious after hunting the wolves! 608Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 84 Red 红色 It's been four years since the drama Red. I had so many thoughts while we were filming, but I didn't expect to have even more afterward. There's too much to say. Just like the characters in the drama, brothers can't escape the tides of history and the changing times. Fortunately, life is short, and there's no time to savor the setbacks in front of us. We have to hurry and make something new and interesting. Even if it turns out frustrating, that's still more vivid and moving than old memories. I 7Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 85 A Barber's Diary in Times of Chaos 乱世的理发师日记 The story begins in a seaside city known as the Paris of the East. Gunshots and screams rang out from the Red Rose Hair Salon, which was supposed to serve the public. Moments later, people saw the owner and apprentices fleeing in panic, covered in blood...! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Espionage: The Fog 谍战之雾蒙蒙 The sudden withdrawal of Shen Junfei, a senior Communist agent deeply embedded in the enemy's ranks, leaves behind an immature “young swallow.” And so it is cast into the vast, perilous world of espionage... 389Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 87 Transmigrated as a Leopard Cat in Republican-Era China, She Won Big 穿越民国狸花猫，她赢麻了 [Transmigration + espionage + special abilities + sweet romance] Su Manman wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the sequel to the Republican-era espionage drama The Wind Chasers, which she had been following! Not only has she become the long-lost younger sister of Matsushima Kiichiro, a senior Japanese military adviser, but she’s also taken on the crucial role of an underground Communist Party courier. To top it all off, she and her idol Wei Ruolai are posing as a married couple while goi 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Crimson Dawn 血色黎明 Trade blood and passion for the dawn; give your life to honor your oath. Face demons with courage, and fight the wicked with wisdom. 1.3kReads7.9Score13214d adds
- 89 Yan Shuangying Transmigrates into The Disguiser and Takes Ming Tai as His Disciple 燕双鹰穿越伪装者，收明台为徒 The protagonist’s feats are wildly over-the-top. If you don’t like mindless power fantasies, read with caution. Yan Shuangying accidentally transmigrates into the world of The Disguiser, in the body he had when he was young. He soon learns that Shanghai is now under the control of the Japanese and the Wang Jingwei puppet government, while the Chinese people are living in misery. He decides to resist the Japanese from the shadows while searching for the resistance. After an unexpected encounter, 567Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 90 Republican-Era Espionage: Di Ting 民国谍战之谛听 I believe every Chinese person has dreamed of transmigrating back to the War of Resistance against Japan and facing the Japanese in battle. Murong Fei, a modern lip-reading expert who should have been attending an academic conference, woke up after a car accident to find himself on the front lines of the war against Japan. With his ability to read lips, known as “Divine Hearing,” he uncovered the Japanese army’s plans amid the artillery fire and escaped death. The Secret Service took notice of h 2.9kReads7.1Score24514d adds
- 91 Lying Low, Ready to Act at the First Sign 蛰伏之闻风而动 He is a sleeper agent, code-named Wind! For five years, he lay low among the enemy, quietly waiting until he was activated. Once awake, he used his composure and intelligence to set the enemy against itself. Again and again, he thwarted their operations, ensuring every strike they launched risked ending in failure. Yet to his colleagues, he was a popular, trustworthy friend and the station chief's savior. In the end, who will prevail? 2.4kReads7.3Score14914d adds
- 92 Spying in Tianjin, Surrounded by Friends! 谍战天津卫，友人成堆堆！ Lin Wusheng transmigrates to another world, to Jintang, also known as Tianjin Wei. He brings along a stone stele he encountered while hiking, which seems to have formed a bond with him. But despite doing plenty of good deeds, he still can't discover what the stele does. It seems to be useless. Fortunately, as a low-ranking foot patrolman in the French Concession, he won't starve to death. Then, after accidentally saving Wang Jinzhong, an underground operative who is badly wounded and near death, 531Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 93 Espionage: The Death-Fearing Master of Survival Scares Boss Dai from the Start 谍战：怕死苟神，开局吓坏代老板 Lu Feng was a “legendary” spy in 2056, nicknamed the Runaway Third. During an operation, he was shot dead because he ran too fast, then transmigrated to Planet Alpha in a parallel world. Time moves slowly on this planet, which has only just reached the era of World War II. Lu Feng becomes a low-level intelligence officer in the Military Intelligence Bureau. All he wants is to stay alive in this chaotic age, but circumstances and the System force him to deliver one earth-shattering intelligence r 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Battle of Wits in the Spy World 谍海智斗 After the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate, the secret front became a second battlefield, where “you were among us, and we were among you.” Spies from every side played their part in that turbulent chapter of history. Acting on orders from the organization, agent Chen Ziqiang goes undercover and engages in a battle of wits with Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators. This novel recounts his heroic deeds: his courage and resourcefulness, his passionate fight to defend his hom 448Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 95 Silent Clear Wild Goose 清雁无声 In August 1948, Changchun is under siege. Zhou Song is the leader of Team Two in the Operations Section of the Changchun Office of the Ministry of National Defense’s Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. A Communist intelligence operative working undercover within the Kuomintang’s military intelligence network, he lost contact with his organization after an accident two years earlier. By chance, he rescues Deng Kun, a key underground Communist agent who was captured after his cover was blown. 373Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 96 Abyssal Impostor: King of Spies for Seven Years 深渊伪装者：七年间谍王 In late autumn 1938, on the eve of Wuhan's fall, Nationalist staff officer Chen Xing wakes amid a pile of corpses. In his arms is a top-secret document capable of shaking the course of the war: the “Minutes of the Secret Sino-Japanese Talks,” a treasonous pact. Behind it lies a clandestine deal between senior figures in the Nationalist government and the Japanese invaders. But his true identity is “Jingzhe,” a Communist agent operating behind enemy lines. Now the Japanese special forces, a Junt 2.9kReads7.2Score33514d adds
- 97 After I Transmigrated into a Japanese Noble Family, I Became a Hidden Spy 穿越日本贵族后，我成了谍战暗棋 Lin Yanchuan, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Konoe Nobuhiko, the second son of Japan’s top aristocratic family, the Konoe clan, during World War II. He has no overpowered cheat, only one modest ability: by reading subtle descriptions of people’s psychology, he can see through their hidden emotions and intentions. When he first enters enemy territory, he treads carefully beneath the aura of his noble birth. As he mimics Japanese etiquette and naviga 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Shadowless Spy War 谍战无影 A trainee from a military intelligence special training class is ordered to go undercover in occupied territory. By chance, however, Japanese spies recruit him as an informant, and he finds himself hunted by multiple sides, with traps at every turn... [Transmigration] [Espionage] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No extraordinary abilities] 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Espionage: I’m Actually the Enemy’s Top Female Leader 谍战：我竟是敌方顶级女领导 [1940s + espionage + no System + no romance] Who could make this up? A modern Japanese-speaking trade manager wakes up after transmigrating straight into a Chinese prison as a female prisoner with amnesia! The absurd part is, she has the exact same face as a Japanese Kempeitai female commander! The real commander has just been assassinated when the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau picks her up on the spot and forces her into intensive training to serve as a replacement spy. Fluent in Japane 2kReads6.1Score22614d adds
- 100 Shadows Over Shanghai: Reborn in the Republic to Save the Nation and Its People 沪上谍影：魂穿民国救国救民 [War of Resistance espionage] + [Single heroine] + [Soul swap] + [Soul transmigration] A graduate student in history transmigrates into the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and becomes Shen Yanzhi, a Juntong trainee agent. He navigates between Juntong, the Japanese collaborationist regime, and the underground Communist Party, walking a knife's edge with only fragmentary memories of history to guide him. There is no romance, only a yearning to hold on to his beliefs and survive. Can he preserve his convic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
