Project StrikeForce:Exodus by Kevin Lee Swaim

Author:Kevin Lee Swaim [Swaim, Kevin Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Military, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Pulp, Literature & Fiction, Spies & Politics, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Contemporary Fiction, Terrorism
Publisher: Picadillo Publishing
Published: 2017-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

“Your request has been considered,” Chen said.

“You spoke to the chairman?” Huang Lei asked.

Chen offered a thin smile. “No. A man such as myself could never speak to someone in his position. But he was informed of your request.”

Huang Lei’s stomach knotted in anger. Lee Chen was almost old enough to be his grandfather, but he suddenly felt a murderous rage toward the old man. “You seek some advantage in this, Mr. Chen. I can assure you that the restoration of China to its rightful place is advantage enough.”

The old spy regarded him thoughtfully. “You are such a young man, and with such lofty ambitions, that I forget you have not received the necessary training. Negotiation is a delicate dance, always looking for an advantage.”

“I seek no advantage because I have nothing to gain. I seek only what is right for China.”

“Yes,” Chen said. “As do I.”

“Ego is such a delicate thing,” Huang Lei said. “It distracts us from our goals. It chips away at our effectiveness. Ego pokes and prods us to make poor choices.”

Chen blinked, and his perfunctory smile faded. “Surely some part of you relishes what is about to come.”

“The chairman agreed to my request,” Huang Lei said.

Chen sat quietly for a moment and then nodded his head.

Huang Lei watched as Chen typed for a moment. The text window on their videoconferencing session popped open. It contained a single IP address, a username, and a password. “This will be most helpful, Mr. Chen.”

Chen nodded. “May fortune shine upon you.”

* * *

Huang Lei opened a terminal session and connected to the IP address, entering the provided name and password, then gazed in awe at the screen.

The Lotus Blossom was the culmination of a long-running Chinese project. It was a massive data warehouse, larger than any other on earth, that contained every piece of information the Chinese had accumulated through public means or via espionage.

It contained the family relationships, friendships, financial records and shopping habits of every human being on the planet. There was a special emphasis on Americans. Every American citizen born since the turn of the twentieth century was modeled, analyzed, and connected to every other American.

Even more, the Lotus Blossom contained predictive analysis that could model human behaviors. Even small choices such as food choices, vacation destinations, or sexual preferences could be accurately predicted.

With full access to the Lotus Blossom and its AI, he could finally find his adversary.

Where are you, Nathan Elliot?

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