1997. Hong Kong prepares to enter Chinese control. The commercial empires have already made plans to leave, their vast assets telexed to safety in a brilliant scheme code-named The Scroll of Benevolence.But the ambitious General Lo Bing plots for supreme power in China - and is determined to smash Benevolence.Racing against time to preserve world peace, Gene Sangster of the CIA and Konstantin Proshin of the KGB join forces to prove what Lo Bing most wants to hide: that China possesses unimaginable military might.Diana, Simon Young's daughter, is trapped deep in China. Somehow she must reach Hong Kong before the final countdown to Benevolence. Her only hope rests with a handsome Chinese youth - but is he friend or enemy...?