Zero minus ten / Raymond Benson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benson, Raymond, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bond, James (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Bond, James.

Bond, James (Fictitious character).

Secret service--Great Britain--Fiction.

Secret service.

Great Britain.

Hong Kong (China)--Fiction.

Hong Kong (China).

Genre:

Spy stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 272 pages : 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.

Summary:

The clock is ticking for Hong Kong. On July 1, 1997, the British Crown Colony will be handed over to the People's Republic of China. But hopes for a peaceful transition are shattered when a series of terrorist acts threatens the fragile relationship between Britain and China. A solicitor from London is killed by a car bomb; a British "offcer" retaliates by assassinating two officials visiting from Beijing; an explosion eliminates the elite of a major British corporation. With ten days of British sovereignty left, James Bond is dispatched to Hong Kong to investigate these incidents and avert a political crisis that could jeopardize the upcoming historical event. He suspects there are connections with the nefarious Chinese underworld Triad. But the truth is difficult to uncover. Bond must navigate a startling maze of characters - a suspicious British taipan, a sinister Triad leader, a sadistic Chinese general, and an exotic dancer with alluring, seductive skills - before exposing a fiendish plot of revenge, with roots reaching back more than a century and a half.

ISBN:

0399142576

OCLC:

35777366