2034, Part VI: Crossing the Red Line
With the orders dispatched, Wisecarver set up a duty rotation among the national security staff and Chowdhury was sent home, to return […]
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2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness
She made a request to disable all of the avionics in one of her fighter squadrons, VMFA-323, the Death Rattlers, the only […]
2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush
That had been the plan. But by late afternoon, there was still no sign of the Americans. Ma Qiang was on the […]
2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale
There was light in his room now. Hanging from a metal arm in the far corner was a television. Something was written […]
There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was buzzed through […]
2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
Minister Chiang rubbed his round and very smooth chin. Lin Bao watched the screen. In the background, beyond the hurried comings and […]
2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea
The third update was most puzzling of all. The controls of the F-35, the one whose flight had brought Chowdhury into the […]
I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill
1. ‘Our Numbers Grow Every Year’ On a misty November morning just after sunrise, I pulled up to a shooting range in […]
The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country
Others who would receive a visit from police that morning were far less prepared. In São Paulo, Delgatti’s old friend Gustavo Santos […]
The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army
As ever, the NSA often applied the brakes. The Snowden leaks had exposed many of its secret programs and capabilities, forcing the […]