Hong Kong (Jake Grafton Series #8) »

Veteran naval aviator Stephen Coonts shook up the action-adventure game with his 1986 bestseller, Flight of the Intruder. He followed that dazzling debut with a string of adventures starring intrepid hero Jake Grafton -- a series that only gets more popular with each new release.

The U.S. Government sends Jake Grafton to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the U.S. consul-general, Tiger Cole, is embedded in a dangerous plan to overthrow the Chinese regime. He takes his wife Callie with him. They haven't returned to the island since their first meeting there, and Tiger Cole is an old friend from those days. Their trip soon turns into their worst nightmare...

Hong Kong is a powder keg ready to explode. A political murder and the communist government's closure of a foreign bank are the sparks that light the fuse...and Tiger Cole is right in the middle of the action. After a violent rebel faction kidnaps Callie, Jake suddenly finds himself pulled into the vortex of a high-tech civil war...

Joining forces with CIA operative Tommy Carmellini, Jake races to save Callie from the imminent bloodbath. But first he must figure out whom he can trust among the Western factions vying for control in the volatile situation and among the Chinese patriots fighting for their nation's future. Now, more than ever, he must make sure that the right side wins. One false move is all it will take to doom his wife-and the entire world...

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...superior suspense with a great cast of made-up characters in this real-life hot spot.