Hong Kong. Stephen Coonts. 2000.

When the US government sends Jake Grafton to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the US consul-general is embedded in a political money raising scandal, he takes his wife Callie along. And why not? Jake and Callie met and fell in love in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War, and moreover, the consul-general, Tiger Cole is an old friend from those days.

The Grafton quickly discover that Hong Kong is a powder keg ready to explode. A political murder followed by 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.

When Callie is kidnapped by a rebel faction, Jake is pulled into the vortex of a high-tech civil war. Drawing on the skills of CIA operative Tommy Carmellini, Jake tries to save his wife. In order to do this he must figure out whom he can trust - first among the Western factions vying for control in the volatile situation, and then among the Chinese patriots fighting for their nation’s future. And as always, he must make sure the right side wins.