An American newspaper reporter, Owen O'Brien, is on the run in China. Why is he being chased by both the Chinese and the CIA? Who is the beautiful blonde with whom he becomes emotionally entangled? As O'Brien attempts to escape along the ancient Silk Road, over the high Himalayas into Pakistan, he carries a terrifying secret crucial to America's security. This fast paced romantic thriller, dealing with big power politics, corruption in high places and the subversion of the democratic process in