The Chinese Spymaster: Operation Kashgar

Mr. Hock G. Tjoa

ISBN 10: 1492791520 / ISBN 13: 9781492791522

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Synopsis:

Chinese Intelligence uncovers a North Korean trying to sell a nuclear device. Then they find five other dealers trying to do the same. The buyer is the same in every case--the Pashtuns. Is this a "Pashtun Spring"? A realignment of geopolitical power in Central Asia? A resurgence of Islamist terrorism? In order to anticipate and confront these threats, Spymaster Wang must negotiate through bureaucratic rivalries, as well as personal ambitions, at home and abroad. He reaches for ancient insight into strategies and unorthodox alliances. But the struggle he must undertake cannot cease, and the outcome always remains in doubt. The Spymaster must also confront a vendetta within the Party as well as the determination of his Old Friends and their wives to make him a "match." COMMENTS FROM EARLY READERS: “… the rare feat of a convincing description of hand to hand combat together with a very skillful development of plot and background.” A. G. Chaudri. “This is fascinating, a true Smiley for current times and troubles, with the added, exotic allure to Western readers of the mystique that is China. It has all the hallmarks of a literary thriller.” Kay Christine Fenton. “A complex story … so vivid, lifelike and realistic.” Charles Knightley, Author. (In 2018, minor revisions were made to clean up typos and visible formatting problems.)

About the Author: Hock G. Tjoa was born in Singapore to Chinese parents. He studied history at Brandeis and Harvard and taught European history and Asian political thought at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He is married and lives with his family in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. In 2010, he published The Battle of Chibi, selections translated from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (one of four traditional Chinese classics). In 2011, he adapted Lao She's "Tea House," Mandarin original dated 1953, publishing it as Heaven is High and the Emperor Far Away, a Play. Both are part of his goal to contribute to a wider and greater understanding of China and Asia. The Ingenious Judge Dee, A Play was published in 2013. It is a dramatization of The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, by Robert van Gulik. Agamemnon Must Die, a retelling of Aeschylus' Oresteia appeared in 2014. Volume 2 of The Chinese Spymaster will appear later this year as The Ninja and the Diplomat. Volume 3 is still in the planning stage.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Chinese Spymaster: Operation Kashgar
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket