麦家编著的《暗算》是一部直接反映反间谍部门的核心机关——无线电侦听与密码破译的作品，《暗算》纵横三十年代，五十年代和六十年代，将间谍战，密码战，无线电战听熔为一炉，穿插亲情，爱情，革命事业情，超能力者，数学天才，革命志士轮番登场，绝地厮杀。（The Plot wrote by Mai Jia is a work that directly reflects the core organ of anti-spy section - radio monitor and code breaking, which has been popular in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s, melting the spy war, code war and radio monitor into as one, interspersed with family, love and revolutionary affections, super powers, mathematical genius and revolutionary persons come on stage in turns and fight against each other.）