In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldbergs action-packed sequel to the Washington Post bestseller True Fiction, a hapless writer is pitted against an enemy nation mounting a treacherous plot lifted from one of his thrillers. Everybody loves Ian Ludlows action novelsespecially the CIAbecause the spies know something the public doesnt: his fictional plots have a frightening tendency to come true. Ian is in Hong Kong with his resourceful assistant Margo French to research his wildest story yeta deadly global conspiracy by Chinese intelligence to topple the United States. What Ian doesnt know is that his horrifying scenario is happening and that the Chinese mistakenly believe hes an undercover superspy assigned to foil their scheme. Now Ian is trapped in his own terrifying thriller, on the run from assassins, and racing against time to prevent an epic disaster. Hes written himself into a corner that could cost his lifeand his country.