State Secret

They saw something in a child that no one else did. They turned her into a weapon no one else could match.

Qiao Min was never meant to be ordinary. A single act of defiance on a school stage caught the attention of the most powerful man in Beijing — and changed the course of her life forever.

Chosen for an elite academy that forges China’s sharpest minds and deadliest bodies, she is trained beyond human limits: martial arts fused with dance, cryptography, shadow tradecraft, emotional control, and ruthless decision-making. Every scar, every betrayal, every impossible choice burns away the girl she was.

Years later, she emerges as Li Ai.

A living state secret. A female superspy whose existence is classified at the highest level. A woman who will either secure China’s future — or set the world ablaze trying.

This is the explosive, classified origin readers of the award-winning God Protocol trilogy have been demanding — the making of China’s most dangerous asset, before Dragon, before Worshippers, before Quánqiú lóng became the most powerful AI in history.

One girl who refused to stay small. One nation that refused to let her. The birth of a legend.

For fans of high-stakes espionage, near-future thrillers, and the making of iconic operatives.

Start at the beginning. Witness how the Phoenix was forged.