The Vets
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Hong Kong. The British administration is preparing to hand the capitalist colony back to Communist China with the minimum of fuss.
But Colonel Joel Tyler has other plans for the British colony, plans which involve four Vietnam War veterans and a spectacular mission making use of their unique skills.Vietnam was the one thing the four men had in common before Tyler moulded them into a team capable of pulling off a sensational robbery.But while the vets are preparing to take Hong Kong by storm, their paymaster, Anthony Chung, puts the final touches to an audacious betrayal. At stake is the future of Hong Kong . . .Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780340597705
- Author: Stephen Leather
- Pub date: 15.09.05
- RRP: $28.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Stephen Leather
Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.
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