The Qi Zhao Cipher

A modern Chinese thriller in the tradition of Frederick Forsyth: a teenager stumbles into a darknet live-hunt echoing the ancient parable of King Ling of Chu, only to be hunted by a transnational syndicate. As he deciphers coded verses from the lost poem “Qi Zhao” to survive, he is forced into a lawless gray zone where justice is a ghost, and the forgotten victims are numberless.