Author: Ke Ming
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A major anti-terrorism novel from China, with a companion TV series simultaneously released. Leading actor Li Yaping transforms his role, passionately portraying the life-and-death rivalry between twins. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers' Meeting is set to open in City S, China, and a foreign terrorist group infiltrates the city, attempting to commit acts of terrorism. Our public security authorities unexpectedly discover that the terrorist killer Mangba is actually the long-lost twin brother of Special Police Xiao Lei. They then send Xiao Lei to infiltrate the terrorist group—between twin brothers, between public security officers and terrorists, a series of thrilling, heart-stopping battles of wits and courage unfold. The plot is intricate and rich, full of suspense, with characters' fates soaring and plunging. It is a novel that once you open it, you simply cannot put it down. Li Yaping is the dreamlike protagonist, always changing his face. He plays a police officer, a heroic anti-terrorism figure with both courage and tenderness, but in an instant, he becomes a killer, a cold and frenzied one. Compared to his role in life, it is yet another transformation. This is what an actor is.