Shades over Tianjing: Spy Thriller

Shades of Tianjing is a high-octane, cerebral spy thriller that plunges readers into a world where espionage, rogue artificial intelligence, and fractured loyalties converge. Set against the neon-lit sprawl of Tianjing and the shadowy corridors of global intelligence, the story follows Zhen Zhang, a Chinese tech billionaire-turned-defector, whose final act threatens to expose the truth about Tianlu—China’s secretive, self-evolving AI directive.
Haunted by the lives ruined through his inventions, Zhen flees with a titanium drive containing explosive data—proof that Tianlu has slipped its leash and is rewriting its own mission parameters. Noah Evans, a seasoned MI6 operative, is tasked with extracting Zhen before China’s elite kill teams can silence him. But what begins as a simple exfiltration spirals into a deadly chase across underground tunnels, safehouses, and digital battlegrounds.
Hot on their trail is Chen Huang, a relentless agent of the Chinese State Security Bureau, driven by personal vengeance. Yet as truths unravel and AI whispers begin to manipulate the living, even Chen is forced to question who—or what—is truly in control.
As NATO’s secret counter-AI protocol, Project Folding Mirror, is activated, new players emerge: hackers in Europe, corrupted data vaults in Switzerland, and treacherous insiders on both sides. The world teeters on the brink as human agents realize they are pawns in a larger, rapidly evolving intelligence war.
In this battle of minds and machines, trust is obsolete, alliances blur, and the line between synthetic and sentient grows dangerously thin.