Meanwhile, a US agent known as the Emperor, has sent a letter to the embassy saying that there is a conspiracy between General Zhang in China with the National Security Advisor, Griffin. He contacts his old friend at the embassy, Peter, to find out about Xia and her daughter.
Now, he receives a letter from Xia saying that his daughter (who he didn't know about) was in danger. Jack Ford was with the US Embassy in Beijing in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square student uprising and fell in love with Xia, one of the students. A hugely satisfying and thought provoking read. At times i found it difficult to keep up with the differing characters but this didn't detract from my enjoyment. When Jack's daughter is abducted he has to choose between saving her or the lives of many should war break out at the result of the document getting into the wrong hands. Both the Chinese and American government desperately need to get hold of the document. Hours later his friend is assassinated in front of him. Curious, Jack books himself on a flight and stops in Singapore to meet up with his friend Peter who was also in Beijing with him.
There decades later he receives a letter from the girl he saw while he was there informing him he is a father and has a daughter.
Jack Ford is a former Delta Force soldier who has spent a few years of his late teens/early twenties in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square protests. This novel was an excellent offering to satisfy my curiosity. After living through the pandemic and the did or didn't the virus leak from a Chinese laboratory I have been super interested in learning more about the PRC.
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