What if a faction in Communist China was provoking the US to start a global war?

In power struggles of Beijing's Zhongnanhai, two factions vie for the ultimate power of controlling China and controlling China's nuclear weapons. Premier Chou Bao battles a nest of vipers for power, focusing on the cunning Interior Minister Jian Qhuo.

The unique lie detector Codename: Thunder goes down in a plane crash into San Francisco Bay. Or does it?

The Russian mercenary, Konev, wants to entangle the American president to change the course of the election - and throw the 'Thunder' right back into his face.

Blaine is chasing ghosts and shadows, but in this darkness, he grabs a spark, a clue, a thread and pulls hard.

But Captain Nally commanding a US submarine realizes the crowded South China Sea is a tinderbox as the search for loose naval mines makes him realize that a much bigger game is in play, involving players whose loyalties are impossible to determine.

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