Behind the Chinese Wall is a gripping espionage thriller about a seasoned Russian intelligence officer serving in New York. After a failed operation, he is punished by being reassigned to Shanghai.
Sergey Astakhov arrives in China on what appears to be a routine diplomatic assignment. His official mission is to build cooperation with Chinese security services.
His real mission is to uncover what China is secretly developing in the shadowy field of psychological influence and human mind manipulation.
But the deeper Sergey descends into China's scientific underworld-military laboratories, restricted research centers, and a surveillance system so absolute it seems almost alive-the more he realizes that he is no longer an observer.
When a woman he trusts disappears without a trace and thousands of dollars vanish under his name, Sergey becomes the perfect target for a CIA shakedown.
Hunted by his own agency, manipulated by forces he cannot identify, and trapped in a country where every camera may be watching him, he must uncover the truth before the truth destroys him.
From the neon skyline of Shanghai to the crowded streets of Hong Kong and the hidden corridors of Moscow's intelligence world, Behind the Chinese Wall is a tense, fast-paced novel about control, deception, and the terrifying power of modern surveillance.