Book description
Hong Kong. The British administration is preparing to hand the
capitalist colony back to Communist China with the minimum of fuss.
But Colonel Joel Tyler has other plans for the British colony, plans
which involve four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission making
use of their unique skills.
Vietnam was the one thing the four men had in common before Tyler
moulded them into a team capable of pulling off a sensational robbery.
But while the vets are preparing to take Hong Kong by storm, their
paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches to an audacious
betrayal. At stake is the future of Hong Kong . . . Stephen Leather is
one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a
novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such
as The Times
, the Daily Mail
and the South China Morning Post
in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI,
shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump
attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing
full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than
ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as
London's Burning, The Knock
and the BBC's Murder in Mind
series and two of his books, The Stretch
and The Bombmaker
, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.
stephenleather. com.
