In a typhoon on the South China Sea an American and a Chinese warship collide. Was this an accident? Or is this the prelude to Operation Pale Tiger? A long-rumoured Chinese plot to bring America to its knees...
MI6 Agent Emma Wilson is sent to Hong Kong, trailing a Principal at Crator Capital – a leading London hedge fund rumoured to be linked to the Chinese.
What she discovers there is something more sinister and more dangerous than she could have imagined. Back in London, Detective Anne Perry is investigating the strange death of an analyst at the same hedge fund. She soon suspects that this death was no accident, and as she pushes for the truth is drawn deeper into a world dirty money, corrupt bankers and cold-blooded killers.
Washington meanwhile is rocked by the discovery of a huge cache of opioids at a jungle lab with apparent links to Crator Capital. The CIA and the State Department join the dots. Is this what Operation Pale Tiger looks like? Chinese revenge, served very cold, for the Opium Wars of long ago?
As a massive US Battle Fleet steams towards the Taiwan Strait, Anne and Emma are finally thrown together in a race against time to uncover the truth behind Operation Pale Tiger. Is this really the Chinese? Or are there other, hidden forces at work determined to provoke a war between China and America at any cost?
The world stands on the brink of war – and the clock is ticking.
- ISBN13 9781915465221
- Publish Date 3 August 2023
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Filament Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 300
- Language English