Manila Sunrise Author:Matt Zeigler The Plot: US Marine Corps Brigadier General Andrew Jackson Blackjack Switzer and his force of 500 Marines defend Subic Bay Naval Station against a renegade faction of the Philippine Army, led by Major General Ramon Chavez. A successful coup, masterfully orchestrated by a Chinese intelligence officer, ousts the elected government in Manila, and t... more »akes President Corazon Aquino captive. Subplot: Chavez troops hold Clark Air Base and Switzer s force is sent in to break the siege. Meanwhile, a coalition of rebel forces begins to crumble after treacherous murders by the NPA, a communist military group. Counterplot: The NPA joins forces with China in an attempt to broaden regional communism in Southeast Asia. But China envisions total control and utilizes its own dirty tricks to weaken the NPA. An urban battle in Manila puts Switzer s Marines and the 31st Marine Expeditionary unit against two Filipino battalions. Shocking Chinese intervention leads to a surprise ending felt around the world!« less