by Gayle Lynds (Author), Gayle Lynds (Author), Robert Ludlum (Author)
On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer records cargo being secretly loaded. He's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later on the dangerous high seas, the U.S. Navy covertly tracks a Chinese ship rumoured to carry tons of chemicals to create biological weapons of mass-destruction. The President cannot let the ship reach its destination - a rogue Middle East nation. But he doesn't want the navy to attack and board it either, because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Covert-One operative Jon Smith is brought in to find solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Then an agent is murdered and vital evidence destroyed. Smith must find the truth about the ship, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 18 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 0752858769
ISBN 13: 9780752858760
Book Overview: During his thirty-year career Ludlum sold 220 million copies in 40 countries in 32 different languages His recent books have been SUNDAY TIMES bestsellers and GUARDIAN fastsellers in paperback Ludlum's THE BOURNE IDENTITY was a major Hollywood movie starring Matt Damon and THE BOURNE SUPREMACY is now in production The COVERT-ONE novels have consistently sold extremely well to traditional fans and his new audience Ludlum always receives first-rate reviews: 'A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more' NEW YORK POST 'Huge in scope ... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'The pace is fast, the action plentiful ... a must read' BOOKLIST 'Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined' NEW YORK TIMES 'The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum ... the world's most read writer' GQ