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Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams.

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In the Dark has all the hallmarks of a thriller... its immense readability derives from the pervading air of mystery, the Orwellian depiction of Chinese state security... A twisting, riddling and compellingly original exploration of thwarted geniuses and restricted lives -- Malcolm Forbes * National *
A compound of documentary, mystery and folk-tale - an unfamiliar voice from the centre of a world of secrets * The Times *

In the Dark

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 27 August 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141391458
      978-0141391458
      ISBN-10 0141391456

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams.

      Trade Review
      In the Dark has all the hallmarks of a thriller... its immense readability derives from the pervading air of mystery, the Orwellian depiction of Chinese state security... A twisting, riddling and compellingly original exploration of thwarted geniuses and restricted lives -- Malcolm Forbes * National *
      A compound of documentary, mystery and folk-tale - an unfamiliar voice from the centre of a world of secrets * The Times *

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