On Dangerous GroundCompact Disc, 28 May 2012

Jack Higgins, the bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Angel of Death, presents an explosive and timely thriller about the uncertain future of Hong Kong, China, and the world... 1944. Mao Tse-tung signs a secret document that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional one hundred years. But all copies of the document disappear in a plane crash. 1993. As Hong Kong prepares to be restored to China in 1997, England's prime minister learns of the existence of Mao Tse-tung's lost document. Former terrorist Sean Dillon is given direct orders to keep the document from coming to light - at all costs. One copy still exists, hidden in the wreckage of a plane on the bottom of a Scottish Loch. But Dillon's not the only person searching for it. There are powerful business interests, including the Mafia, that will do anything to retain their power over Hong Kong - even if the delicate balance of world power is destroyed...