Dragon Storm: China Invades Taiwan

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To my long-suffering wife, Helena. To Maureen McHugh, author of “China Mountain Zhang” and Chen-song Qin, fellow Stirling list member for their patient education and advice in all things Chinese. What insights and accuracy this story has are due to their help. All mistakes are entirely of my own doing. Finally, to the free people of Taiwan and Dr. Sun Yat Sen. May his dream of a Free and Modern China never die.

The smooth voice repeated the message in other languages. Mike Shannon dried his face and checked his hair. The face in the mirror was smiling, eager — and had bags under his eyes.

No surprise, thought Shannon. Nothing like a last minute trip across the Pacific to wear you out. The rest of him was tolerable.

He was thirty, in good shape, blue-eyed with thick brown hair that, along with a deep voice, had always been his best asset as a TV newsman. This was his first overseas assignment, replacing a man who'd come down with appendicitis. He was about to be in the middle of a war. Hard to believe that a month ago he'd been covering car crashes in Toledo.

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