Chinese Spies

Spies and Lies a groundbreaking expose of elite influence operations by China's little-known Ministry of State Security. Revealing for the first time how the Chinese Communist Party has tasked its spies to deceive the world, it challenges the conventional account of China's past, present, and future.

When Jim Martini goes back to his WV hometown to see why its major employer failed suddenly he finds more than a failed company. He risks his life, finds a lost love, and stumbles into an international conspiracy. A Chinese revolutionary group is using viruses, hacking, malware and cyber-technology to over-throw its own government and attempt to control the US—by shutting down all forms of computers and communications—all at once. Suddenly nothing works—communications are "silenced."

Recon, the cyber spooks top agent, stares at the giant screens at the cyber spooks HQ, a map of the world shows endless cyber attacks shooting across the screen like bolts of lightning. It’s just another day at the office, except this day he brought his 13-year-old son Carlo along to show him around. Suddenly, a major computer virus outbreak begins with a London bank, all branches across the UK become infected, the attacks appear to come from China.