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By Jack Higgins

FROM THE COVER: “……London 1993, and the day looms ever closer when Communist China will finally seize the much coveted island of Hong Kong, with billions at stake. British Intelligence have just discovered the existence of a document, known as the Chungking Covenant, that would extend the lease on Hong Kong for another century. Sean Dillon, once a feared IRA enforcer now working for the British, is tasked to track down the document before Mafia-based interests with billions invested in Hong Kong can use it for their own ends. Pitted against sly and ruthless adversaries, Dillon and his intelligence associates follow a deadly trail to a castle in the Highlands of Scotland, by Loch Dhu, the Place of Dark Waters, the home of an American billionaire and Matia boss. Dillon's usual clear-headed commitment to his mission is compromised by the alluring young socialite Asta Morgan. However, as the evidence of fifty years begins to unfold, the solution to the enigma comes tantalisingly close. But only one side can reap the spoils…”

Australia. Griffin. BCA. Michael Josephs. 1994. 286p.