The Quantum Spy: A Thriller
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XH5789F |
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| Number of Pages | : | 548 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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The names may be fictitious, but what they are fighting about is very real!--Leon E. A contemporary adversary: China. Panetta, former Director of the CIA (2009-2011) and Secretary of Defense (2011-2013)A work for now and forever. A thrilling window into the future world of high tech espionage. Couldn't put it down.--Michael Hayden, former Director of the CIA (2006-2009) and NSA (1999-2005) . David Ignatius may call it a novel, but for those of us who know the work of the intelligence community, this book is nothing less than a real-life insight into the ongoing battle for dominance in the digital world. A contemporary problem: quantum computing. And the ageless battle of spy versus spy
. David Ignatius is a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for nearly three decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Director. He lives in Washington, DC
The question is: Who will build it first, the United States or China?The latest of David Ignatius’s timely, sharp-eyed espionage novels follows CIA agent Harris Chang into a quantum research lab compromised by a suspected Chinese informant. The breach provokes a mole hunt that is obsessive, destructive, and—above all—uncertain: Do the leaks expose real secrets, or are they false trails meant to deceive the Chinese? Chang soon finds that there is a thin line between loyalty and betrayal, as the investigation leads him down a rabbit hole as dangerous as it is deep.Grounded in the real-world global charge toward technological dominance, The Quantum Spy presents a sophisticated game of c