Malaysia: 1974. The CIA's most incriminating secret of recent years is about to be exposed. Somewhere, in deep cover, an agent known only as The Contractor has managed to penetrate the enemy's very core and supply information that has proven invaluable. But the price he must pay for it is higher than he could ever have imagined.The CIA is prepared to do whatever it must to keep its dirty secrets hidden. As the noose tightens, three men and one beautiful woman are caught up in a deadly pursuit that takes them from the steamy streets of Bangkok, across the jungle of Thailand, to the lonely, dangerous seas . . .A stunningly authentic novel of intrigue and violence, from a master storyteller