I interviewed Washington Post
columnist and best-selling spy novelist David Ignatius (seen in the above
photo) yesterday morning.
We discussed his latest thriller, The Quantum Spy, and quantum computing, espionage and the technology race between China and America.
My Q&A with David
Ignatius will appear in the upcoming Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland
Security International, a quarterly magazine for government, law enforcement and military people worldwide.
I’ll post the piece here when it comes out. (I’m also reviewing The Quantum Spy
for the Washington Times).
In addition to covering
quantum computing, The Quantum Spy also takes the reader into the headquarters of Communist
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), an adversarial intelligence agency
mush less known than the Russian SVR and the old Soviet KGB.
His realistic, well-researched
and well-written novel is informative, suspenseful and entertaining.
Below is a description of the
novel from www.davidignatius.com:
From the best-selling author of The Director
and Body of Lies comes a thrilling tale of global espionage, state-of-the-art
technology, and unthinkable betrayal.
The Quantum Spy is a
hyper-fast quantum computer is the digital equivalent of a nuclear bomb;
whoever possesses one will be able to shred any encryption and break any code
in existence. The winner of the race to build the world’s first quantum machine
will attain global dominance for generations to come. The question is, who will
cross the finish line first: the U.S. or China?
In this gripping cyber
thriller, the United States’ top-secret quantum research labs are compromised
by a suspected Chinese informant, inciting a mole hunt of history-altering
proportions. CIA officer Harris Chang leads the charge, pursuing his target
from the towering cityscape of Singapore to the lush hills of the Pacific
Northwest, the mountains of Mexico, and beyond. The investigation is obsessive,
destructive, and—above all—uncertain. Do the leaks expose real secrets, or are
they false trails meant to deceive the Chinese? The answer forces Chang to
question everything he thought he knew about loyalty, morality, and the primacy
of truth.
Grounded in the real-world
technological arms race, The Quantum Spy presents a sophisticated game of cat
and mouse cloaked in an exhilarating and visionary thriller.
You can also read David Ignatius’
review of John le Carre’s spy novel, A Legacy of Spies, in the Atlantic via the
below link:
And you can read my
Washington Times review of A Legacy of Spies via the below link:
No comments:
Post a Comment