The Ciphermaster
Published on 12. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-1-910760-67-3 (ISBN)
Description
1927. CHINA IS IN TURMOIL.
The Communist Party and the Kuomintang government, long at each others' throats, are now locked into a conflict set to claim the lives of millions. History remembers the bodies and battlefields, but for some, fate was decided between the ciphers.
Ji Zhenren's mind is the Red Army's prize asset. His task: to break the enemy's near-impenetrable codes. With Ji's genius at the helm the retreating Red Army might just be able to turn the tables, but only if forbidden romance and political controversy don't bring him crashing down first.
From the dark alleys of Shanghai to hidden paths carved through snowclad mountains, an invisible war rages. In the silent world of the codebreaker, cracking the cipher means breaking the enemy. Anything less spells certain death.
The Communist Party and the Kuomintang government, long at each others' throats, are now locked into a conflict set to claim the lives of millions. History remembers the bodies and battlefields, but for some, fate was decided between the ciphers.
Ji Zhenren's mind is the Red Army's prize asset. His task: to break the enemy's near-impenetrable codes. With Ji's genius at the helm the retreating Red Army might just be able to turn the tables, but only if forbidden romance and political controversy don't bring him crashing down first.
From the dark alleys of Shanghai to hidden paths carved through snowclad mountains, an invisible war rages. In the silent world of the codebreaker, cracking the cipher means breaking the enemy. Anything less spells certain death.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
ACA Publishing Limited
Illustrations
author photo in end matter; 1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 141 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910760-67-3 (9781910760673)
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Yu Zhiyan began writing in 1988, and is a working member of the Chinese Writers Association. His military and historical novels are widely published within the PRC, and several have been adapted to the screen. His work has received numerous honours and awards, including the China Book Review Society's Good Book Award, and the bronze medal in the first Chinese Print Art Biennale.