Hong Kong Black

March 13, 2017
In Ryan’s by-the-numbers sequel to 2016’s Beijing Red, former Navy SEAL Nick Foley looks into the mysterious disappearance of undercover CIA agent Peter Yu, who had been conducting routine surveillance of tech companies in the Chinese city of Xi’an. Not long after Foley avoids two attempts on his life and bumps heads with operatives from China’s elite Snow Leopard counterterrorism unit, Yu’s body washes up in Hong Kong harbor, along with dozens of other corpses with strange incisions on their torsos and missing eyes, noses, and genitals. Along with returning series character and love interest Dazhong Chen, a beautiful Chinese microbiologist, Foley finds himself chasing after a 21st-century, DNA-enhanced organ harvesting ring. All this adds up to quick jolts of action tempered by moments of romance. Seasoned thriller fans have seen all this before. Ryan is the pseudonym of Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, both U.S. Navy veterans.

April 15, 2017
The writing team of Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson delivers an intense and exciting follow-up to Beijing Red (2016). Nick Foley is asked by his friend in the CIA to investigate the disappearance of a Company asset, and he reluctantly agrees. When the man washes up on a beach, along with dozens of other bodies, Foley finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that involves suspicious medical procedures. The woman he cares about, Dr. Dazhong Dash Chen, gets involved in helping him in the search for answers, and soon both are in jeopardy. Chen's boss doesn't want Nick's help for several reasons, not the least of which are his own feelings for Dash. The mix of history, adventure, romance, and science suggests Clive Cussler at the top of his game.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)