Influence, blood money, body of lies and most recently, the quantum spy. This is part of our 2018 special fiction addition of indepth. Host David Ignatius, whats the premise of the quantum spy. Guest the us is locked in a new Manhattan Project race to build a piece of technology that is world changing, that is the quantum computer and our principal rival in that race is china. I told you as far as simply the facts, the the quantum spy is a novel that imagines characters who involve intelligencebattles , and other secrets about this world changingtechnology. Principally its the story of my hero orest chang. An officer who is asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in the process learned things about himself, things about the cia, they do not how the world works that shake him to his foundation and we also see in this novel how the Chinese Intelligence Services , not so familiar to readers as five fiction. We all feel weve been in Moscow Center with carla and the russian
The quantum computer the principal rival ms. China that the quantum spy is a novel that the characters to be involved to see who can steal the other secret over changing technology but simply it is the story of my hero. Of a cia officer who is asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in process learn things about himself and the cia that she came up to his foundation. Not so familiar to readers of Science Fiction like the russian spy world but but it takes us into the world of security. That is the principal antagonist in the book. Host how much is real . I always say the preface exist in the imagined world if you take any book that i write the menu and up with the mud pie. E. But that said i try to do a lot of research i research that for many months going to the computer laboratories and i travel to every place mentioned in the book study the Chinese Intelligence Service. Would be those characters o dont exist in real life but it is as real as i could make it be and st
Our principal rival in that race is china. As far as simply the facts, the quantum spy is a novel that imagines the characters involved, the battle to see who can steal the other secrets about world changing technology, principally the story of my hero, american of chinese descent who was a cia officer, asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in the process learns about himself and the cia and how the world works shake him to his foundations and we see in this novel how the Chinese Intelligence Service not so familiar to readers of spy fiction, we have been with carla, the russians by world is your to us so one of the pleasures for me if it takes us into the world of state security, very secretive Chinese Intelligence Agency that is the principal antagonist in this book. Host how much of it is true . I always say in the prefaces to my books they exist in an imagined world, if you take any book i write and think it is a recipe for how to bake a cake you are going to end
Thank you so much. Rainy day books is a National World war i museum and memorial. We are pleased welcome tonight, andrew carol. Andrew is the editor of several New York Times bestsellers including war letters, letters of the nation, behind the lane trendline. He also added on a pro bono basis, operation homecoming, iraq, afghanistan and the homefront and that inspired the Emmy Awardwinning film of the same name. In 1998, andrew founded the legacy project, all volunteer initiatives that honors veterans and activeduty troops by preserving their wartime correspondence. His travel to all 50 states and more than 40 countries including iraq and afghanistan. He has collected today an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails. Andrew donated this massive collection, free of charge to Chapman University which is also where roger and my son went to school. The legacy project has been renamed the center for american war letters and is part of Chapman University. Andrew stars as
Bestsellers including war letters, letters of a nation and behind the lines. Andrew carroll edited on a pro bono basis operation homecoming, iraq, afghanistan and the homefront, the words of us troops and their families which inspired the Emmy Awardwinning film of the same name. In 1998 Andrew Carroll founded a legacy project, all volunteer initiative that honors veterans and activeduty troops by preserving their wartime correspondence. Andrew carroll has traveled 1250 states and more than 40 countries including iraq and afghanistan and he has collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails. Andrew carroll donated his massive collection to Chapman University which is where rogers and my son went to school. The legacy project has been renamed the center for american war letters and is part of Chapman University. Andrew served as the centers director. Andrew is embarking on the Million Letters Campaign to seek out and preserve at least 1 million war related corre