Typhoon
By: Charles Cumming
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Clipper Large Print
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781407424903
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to China. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear, the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the seas off the New Territories, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor himself, Joe Lennox, a young MI6 agent, sees an opportunity 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 in collusion with the CIA, it's clear that there's a great deal more than a young spy's career at stake.
Notes: Originally published: London: Michael Joseph.