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On Dangerous Ground (Sean Dillon, Bk 3)
On Dangerous Ground - Sean Dillon, Bk 3
Author: Jack Higgins
An explosive and timely thriller about the uncertain future of Hong Kong, China, and the world.... — 1944. Mao Tse-tung signs a secret document that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional one hundred years. But all copies of the document disappear in a plane crash. — 1993. As Hong Kong prepares to be restored to China in 1...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780399139338
ISBN-10: 0399139338
Publication Date: 3/23/1994
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (T)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A Sean Dillon story about Hong Kong reverting back to the Chinese in 1997.
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Jack Higgins presents an explosive and timely thriller about the uncertain future of Hong Kong, China, and the world...
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Sean Dillon at his best - an excellent read!
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Having turned former IRA terrorist Sean Dillon into a hero in Thunder Point , Higgins refines his portrait of that deadly little man even further here by allowing him to acquire almost mystical kung-fu skills. This latest thriller opens with a prologue set in Chungking, 1944, during which Mao Zedong and Lord Louis Mountbatten sign the mysterious Chungking Covenant--a promise by Mao to extend the treaty giving Britain control of Hong Kong by 100 years. With Hong Kong due to be returned to China in 1997, the existence of such an agreement could destroy delicate international relationships. One copy of this vital document may still exist, supposedly hidden in a Scottish castle known as Loch Dhu ("Place of Dark Waters"). American billionaire Carl Morgan, determined to locate the document so that he and his Mafia associates might have leverage to protect their operations in Hong Kong, takes up residence in the castle with Asta, his stepdaughter. On the scene to foil their designs are Dillon, Brigadier Charles Ferguson and his Chief Inspector, Hannah Bernstein. Following a path from the castle to a villa in Sicily to a final confrontation in London, the search leaves a bloody trail. Unfortunately, revelation of the novel's most duplicitous villain will come as no surprise to most readers. Nevertheless, Higgins compensates for a less than elegant style with his signature unrelenting pace.
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