The China Gambit — Allan Topol

THE FATE OF THE WORLD LIES IN ONE MAN'S HANDS

Craig Page -- a daring and resourceful former CIA agent, now fighting terrorism in Europe -- is determined to find out who killed his daughter, Francesca, a reporter who was on the trail of the biggest story of her young career. Joined by the gutsy Elizabeth Crowder, Francesca's editor, Page peels back the conspiracy layer by layer, ultimately learning that a rogue Chinese General named Zhou has a partner in the scheming CIA director, Kirby, who once forced Craig out of the Agency.

Moving from the secretive halls of the CIA to the cold wilds of Canada and beyond, to the bloody streets of Tehran and the exoticism of Beijing, THE CHINA GAMBIT is a fast-paced, relentless, and frighteningly real portrait of our modern world.