Monday, August 8, 2011

Next Item: (3632) Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising; Shadows of War by Bond, Larry & Jim DeFelice

Publisher's Summary

In the not-too-distant future, massive climate change has wracked the globe. China's rice-growing regions have been devastated by typhoons, while its western breadbasket is suffering from three years of drought. Riots threaten to tear the country apart. With the old-guard Chinese government paralyzed by the crisis, a young, charismatic party leader steps to the fore. His solution to the unrest is a time-tested one - conquest of China's neighbors...and after that, the world.

Josh MacArthur, a mild-mannered American scientist studying climate change in northern Vietnam, is the only witness to a clever attempt by the Chinese to make it appear that Vietnam started the war. Escaping a massacre, he manages to gather critical evidence that could turn world opinion against China.

Unfortunately, the Chinese learn of MacArthur's survival and of the information he carries. A former Ch'an fighting monk turned commando is sent to capture him. Mara Duncan, a CIA agent, is also on MacArthur's trail. The American scientist has become the subject of a deadly race in the jungles of northern Vietnam, with the fate of the world in his hands.

Approx Running Time: 15 hrs and 4 mins Plus Music Interlude.

MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Le Jazz Affair Show #382 (07-26-09) hosted by Sal Calfa

The Alan Parsons Project, Pyramid

Rosanne Cash, The List