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by Steven Deloro (Author)
A chance encounter with a figure from his past thrusts Scott Silva, an ordinary dental school
professor, into the extra-ordinary world of international espionage. As he gathers intelligence,
unknowingly at first, on a Chinese-based healthcare technology think tank, he learns it secretly
serves as a front. Two of its leaders, also dentists, have more sinister intentions. His thrilling
new life as a CIA independent intelligence contractor operating behind the "Silk Curtain" be-
comes increasingly complex and fraught with danger, while his personal and professional life
back home quickly unravels.
A paradoxical character, Scott is at once gentle, yet cold and calculating; unfaithful but deeply
loving; If you're looking for the next James Bond, Jack Ryan or Mitch Rapp, look elsewhere.
They are the indestructible, superhero spies of fantasy. Wired with sharp intelligence but also a
weakness for self-destructive behaviors, Scott Silva is uniquely human and deeply flawed with
none of the physical prowess and lethal capabilities of his fictitious counterparts. He will never-
theless reel you into his complicated world and by the time his exploits reach their scintillating
climax deep in the urban sprawl of Shanghai, will have you either loving him or hating him...or
both.
