Amber Cicada

This is not a traditional spy novel, but a desperate game between "logic" and "poetry" on the ruins of war. The story takes place in Chongqing, the "Fog City" in the 1940s. Adrian, the genius American cryptographer, broke into this chaotic eastern mountain city with the arrogance of Western rationality, trying to capture the Japanese ace spy using probability theory. However, in the life-and-death bombing and the treacherous secret battle, the "logic" he was proud of completely collapsed. What saved him was not the formula, but an Oriental woman named Su Wan. She used poetry as a password and flexibility as armor, teaching him to identify the frequency of "human heart" in the ruins. What the two join forces to fight is not just a crazy spy, but also an extreme nihilism that regards destruction as art.