FOR RELEASE IN JANUARY 2013: Victor Robert Lee s provocative debut
spy thriller 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 or cursed with a hyper-fast
neurological system. An orphan and a loner, he acts as a freelance
spy, happy to use his strange talents in the service of dubious
organizations and governments 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 Beijing s imperial reach into
Central Asia, and the takeover of Kazakhstan. Cono s main adversary
is a brutal Beijing agent whose personality has been twisted by the
Cultural Revolution s devastation of his family. Victor Robert Lee
s topical depiction of a Beijing government pursuing territorial
expansion resonates with the current tensions over China s claims
on the entire South China Sea. PERFORMANCE ANOMALIES travels from
Brazil and Stanford to Almaty and the Tian Shan mountains, covering
a jarring 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.
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