Love, mystery, and intrigue erupt against the backdrop of a CIA operation in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
"A knotty and satisfying tale of action, drama, and secrets." - Kirkus Reviews
"Fans of superior post-Cold War spy fiction will be satisfied." - Publishers Weekly
When the CIA contacts Hector Kane after two years of tossing him out in the cold, Hector has to wonder why him of all the disgraced former employees of the Agency.
Hector's life has never been the same since. His marriage to a smart and stunning Asian-Canadian nurse is near the end after the death of their only son. His teaching job at the American Institute for Middle Eastern Studies in Cairo is nowhere exciting as his intelligence career. Hector's heart and mind are still hung up on his exciting past as a spy.
So when the CIA offers him one last chance, Hector doesn't hesitate.
His mission is simple. As the Muslim Brotherhood consolidates power over Egypt and the rest of the Middle East, Hector will fly out of Egypt with his wife and a careful selection of five graduate students to an exotic island in the South China Sea. No questions Hector. More will be revealed in Asia.
But in Asia, things get more mysterious by the day. First, Hector begins to question the nature of his mission when the CIA instructs him to infect one of his female students with a deadly Chinese virus. Second, Hector soon receives a call from a powerful Saudi prince who claims that Hector's wife is in fact a spy working for the Chinese government--a spy who has seduced and kidnapped the prince's son.
Unable to tell the CIA, Hector must act alone. He has to contact Chinese intelligence, locate the prince's son, and relearn everything he thought about his marriage, his mission, and himself.
