The War Planners, Book 1

Amid escalating tensions between the US and China, a CIA operative in Shanghai goes missing after sending a critical message to Langley, raising alarms about China's potential invasion of America. Lena Chou, a key US official, is tasked with forming a clandestine team known as a Red Cell to strategize the defense against this looming threat. As they develop a blueprint for warfare, expert David Manning begins to suspect that not all members of the group are aligned with the goal of protecting the United States.