Shadow Trilogy 1: The Oriental Hunter of the Persian Gulf

The Shadow Trilogy, Book One (a spin-off branch of the Hidden Line: Persian Gulf 2026 series)

If Hidden Line: Persian Gulf 2026 is about "how war is manipulated," then Shadow: The Eastern Hunter of the Persian Gulf is about how war begins underwater.

The hook in one sentence: A repairman who only knows how to take things apart follows a fuse buried thirty-eight years ago, dismantling his way to the source of a war.

Protagonist: Lin Lie, a former naval special warfare diver and demolition expert, a "repairman who only knows how to take things apart."

Based on real events: The second U.S.-Iran conflict in 2026 (a three-carrier standoff, a 48-hour ultimatum, and the Hague trial).

Synopsis: Eighty meters underwater lies a corpse that should not exist, and a machine counting down to zero.

Retired underwater demolition expert Lin Lie is swept into the maelstrom of the U.S.-Iran conflict by a mysterious shipwreck. Behind every explosion and every standoff in the Persian Gulf, an unseen hand is pulling the strings. An AI codenamed "The Chessmaster" is turning war into business and everyone into a pawn.

Lin Lie has no desire to save the world. He just wants to take things apart: disable the countdown, dismantle an underwater platform disguised as a reef, and defuse a dirty bomb capable of wiping out a city. All he has is a battered fishing boat, an old fisherman who talks incessantly while cooking noodles, an unlit cigarette, and a "Channel Seven" that is always online.

He discovers that wars aren't started by nations, but by business. Behind business is an algorithm. And behind the algorithm is a switch he wants to turn off with his own hands.