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Hong Kong: The British administration is preparing to hand the capitalist colony back to communist China with the minimum of fuss. But Colonel Joel Tyler has other plans for the British Colony, plans which involve four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission, making use of their unique skills. Vietnam was the one thing the four men had in common before Tyler moulded them into a team capable of pulling off a sensational robbery. But while the vets are preparing to take Hong Kong by storm, their paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches on an audacious betrayal. At stake is the future of Hong Kong….

©1993 Stephen Leather (P)2012 Isis Publishing Ltd Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military China Fiction Military War
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I am a big fan of Mr Leather. The book is solid but for me lacks a little of the Nightingale / Chinaman / Kookie plot / humor of his other books. If you like Stephen Leather you will like this though.

A solid listen - good plot

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Excellent read just as you would expect from this author!
I have read most of his books and this is up there with his best.

Leather at his best

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A great story, lots of characters names to remember at the beginning of this book but made easier by Paul Thornley’s great narration and many accents for the different characters.
If you’ve listened to other Stephen Leather books you won’t be disappointed.

Great listen 👍🏼😀

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As always an entertaining listen with one proviso: it is way too long unnecessarily so. A good editor could and would have made this a much better proposition.

Entertaining but...

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The story is more about Hong Kong, pre-China take over, than Vietnam Veterans. The story builds up gradually with plenty of time for The Vets and the ther main characters to build their personalities but unfortunatley the heights of the climax towards the end of the book aren't that great.

I couldn't buy into Anthony Chung who seems to be more skilled than James Bond in all capacities.

Enjoyable but nothing special

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