A chilling high-concept thriller from No. 1 bestselling author Sam Bourne. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris. The United States have yielded to the People's Republic of China - Beijing has written off trillions of dollars of US debt in return for a permanent military presence on US soil. America is now a former global superpower, dependent on and junior to China. And the evidence - cultural and political - is everywhere. Madison Webb is a work-obsessed journalist who will do anything to get to the heart of a story; to expose lies and corruption. When her sister is brutally murdered, the police seem too eager to write it up as an isolated incident.

Madison starts digging and uncovers a series of similar rape-murder cases. As her investigation beings to attract the media spotlight, Madison draws the attention of some powerful people. And when she reveals the link between the victims, Madison will find out that the Chinese military makes for a terrifying enemy. Platinum title * Sam Bourne's debut novel, The Righteous Men, was a No. 1 bestseller, and was chosen as one of Richard and Judy's Summer Reads 2006 * The Righteous Men has sold over 500K copies and has been translated into 30 languages * Sam Bourne's novels The Last Testament, The Final Reckoning and The Chosen One have all spent several weeks in the Sunday Times Top 5 * Sam Bourne is the pseudonym of award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland, who writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View. He has a huge media reach, including over 36.5K followers on Twitter * He served for four years as the Guardian's Washington correspondent, and the US remains an area of specialist interest * Backed by a major consumer marketing campaign Competition: Robert Harris, John Le Carré, John Grisham. A.

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