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It\u2019s springtime \u201981, and the Special Operations Bureau in Khanada is shuffling cold cases. Khanada (Hainan Island on current maps) is a hive of corruption, and Detective Koko Song\u2019s been posted there because her computer-matched marriage has failed. A once-in-a-lifetime Qilin Moon draws nearer, ushering in a new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Song\u2019s hooked by a case, the abduction of a minor, but the Special Operations Bureau has no budget or clearance. Worse \u2013 it\u2019s full of cops under review. Zeke Luff\u2019s about to transfer out. Luff, a weed-smoking skater, can\u2019t wait to leave, but he\u2019s ordered to babysit Song because she complained about the unit to her mainland bosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No leads. Scattered evidence. Yet Song must close the case to save her career although Luff says they\u2019re wasting their time without database access. They squabble via their translation chips \u2013 Luff furious to lose his transfer, Song outraged by departmental failures. Somehow, though, this crime\u2019s becoming personal as they\u2019re both burning to get justice for the victim. That won\u2019t be easy because they\u2019re up against pure evil, and \u2013 most chilling of all \u2013 that evil could be beyond the reach of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBrilliant, disturbing, and utterly convincing\u2026The most original and exciting crime fiction I\u2019ve read in twenty years.\u201d \u2014Dexter Petley, author of One True Void <\/em>  <\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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