Hong Kong 1997. Only a few short months of British sovereignty left before the territory returns to Chinese rule.
It's a feverish city. And the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the sea, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor, a young MI6 agent, Joe Lennox, sees the chance to make his reputation.
But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night by Joe's superiors and the CIA, it's clear that there's a great deal more at stake than a young spy's career.
The professor holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that could have catastrophic repercussions for the world in the next century . . .
- ISBN10 014101802X
- ISBN13 9780141018027
- Publish Date 26 February 2009 (first published 5 June 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English