The China Card: A Novel

The Story

In this far-seeing novel, the nations of the near future come to 1984-and a world in crisis: For the United States, Wolf Manheim, survivor of Buchenwald, the president's chief national security advisor, disciple of Adlai Stevenson . . .For the Soviet Union, Georgi Arbatov, Kremlin man of letters, a lesser hawk playing a two-faced game . . . For the People's Republic of China, Hu Ziping, a diminutive man of giant powers, waiting, waiting ever so patiently to play his own final China Card.And surpassing them all-a woman of celebrity, using weapons more powerful than the world's arsenals. Set against the backdrops of Washington, Peking, Moscow and a top secret retreat for the nation's movers and shakers, The China Card is a riveting, prophetic novel of obsessive love and shocking international intrigue. The Spymaster by Donald Freed is also available from Boson Books. For an author bio, photo, and a sample read visit bosonbooks.com.