Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Thrillers / Espionage
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The Dragon Series
  • Series Number:2
  • Pages:296
  • eBook ISBN:9798990457430

Kwan's Last Mission

By John Daniel

Overview


Kwan's Last Mission August 1945 - Japan surrenders… Commander M.T. Kwan's mission is to aid the British, against high odds, to retake their own colony of Hong Kong and to avert a massacre.
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Description


Kwan's Last Mission In August 1945, the Japanese verge on surrender. Two atomic bombs have been dropped on the Japanese main islands. But no British troops are within five thousand miles to retake their occupied colony of Hong Kong. A political vacuum threatens. Which predatory power might step in to take over? Will the distant British fleet arrive in time? Before Chiang Kai-shek's two in-route Nationalist armies? Or Mao's surrounding Communist cadres? Will the Hongkongers, 98% of the populace, push for independence at any moment? One Chinese agent is on a clandestine mission in the colony, the only man capable of stepping into the coming void and giving Britain a fighting chance. He's called The Dragon. He also hides an ulterior motive — but she has her own secrets. Based on true events.
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About The Author


The author spent twenty years in international banking, mostly overseas in Asia and London. He enjoyed two tours in Hong Kong. John is a 1972 MBA graduate of the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He and his wife live in Houston. John is a proud member of the Asia Hands Society of New York, The Writers League of Texas, and the Historical Novel Society. The author plans the third book in The Dragon Series for early 2027. jwdbooks.com is the website and contact portal.
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