Victor Robert Lee
Victor Robert Leeâ€™s provocative debut spy thriller PERFORMANCE ANOMALIES introduces a protagonist to rival the most memorable espionage heroes. Cono is a startling young man of mixed and haunting heritage who has been gifted â€“ or cursed â€“ with an accelerated nervous system. An orphan from the streets of Brazil, he acts as a freelance spy, happy to use his strange talents in the service of dubious organizations and governments â€“ until, in Kazakhstan, on a personal mission to rescue a former lover, he is sucked into a deadly maelstrom of betrayal that forces him to question all notions of friendship and allegiance. ,Relevant to our times, PERFORMANCE ANOMALIES explores the expansion of Beijingâ€™s imperial reach into Central Asia, and the takeover of Kazakhstan. Conoâ€™s main adversary is a brutal Beijing agent whose personality has been twisted by the Cultural Revolutionâ€™s devastation of his family. Victor Robert Leeâ€™s topical depiction of a Beijing government pursuing territorial expansion resonates with current tensions over Chinaâ€™s claims on the entire South China Sea.,PERFORMANCE ANOMALIES travels from Brazil and Stanford to Almaty and the Tian Shan mountains, covering a tumultuous emotional landscape along the way. The fate of an oil-rich nation the size of Western Europe is at stake. So, too, is a hidden stockpile of weapons-grade uranium. The Beijing agent craves Cono's suffering; a jihadi cell wants him dead. As the human cost of his mission escalates, Cono realizes that he must turn his strange talents toward higher deeds in the future - if by his guile he can survive the explosive present.
Thriller,Mystery,Fiction,Suspense,Mystery,Crime,Action,Science Fiction,Cultural,Kazakhstan,Spy Thriller,Espionage
Performance Anomalies