Mai Jia Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Set against the backdrop of a small village in southern China, the narrative follows a boy's quest to understand the enigmatic Colonel, a figure steeped in conflicting legends ranging from a heroic army doctor to a traitor. As he grows up amidst the country's transformations, the boy grapples with the Colonel's true identity, ultimately revealing profound insights about heroism. Mai Jia's latest work blends coming-of-age elements with a family saga, presenting a poignant exploration of myth, memory, and the impact of history on personal lives.

'Cracking another country's cipher is an undercover fight to the death...' 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; the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams; the spy who recounts a dangerous mission from beyond the grave. In this story of conspiracies, geniuses, revolutionaries and terrible moral choices, people sacrifice everything for a world of secrets - until, ultimately, it destroys them.