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No Place to Die

by Roger Kelly Smith

$19.99

In a high-stakes game of international espionage, survival is the only option. Zhao Xin, a defector with secrets that could alter the balance of power, has landed on Andersen Field in Guam, bringing with her a stolen J-20 stealth fighter and a flash drive containing classified war plans.

ISBN
978-1-961511-07-1
Format
Softbound
Pages
290
Published
06/28/2023

About This Book

No Place to Die by Roger Kelly Smith

In a high-stakes game of international espionage, survival is the only option.

Zhao Xin, a defector with secrets that could alter the balance of power, has landed on Andersen Field in Guam, bringing with her a stolen J-20 stealth fighter and a flash drive containing classified war plans. As the only child of China's President for Life, she holds unimaginable leverage over America's top rival. But her father believes she perished in the depths of the Yellow Sea, and now his enforcer is on a mission to confirm her death or eliminate her.

To protect Xin, the CIA hatches a daring plan: disguise her as an American astronaut and hide her in plain sight within the lunar mining colony. As an added layer of security, Delta Force operator Jan Worker is assigned as her personal protector. With danger lurking on Earth, in space, and on the Moon itself, Xin and her guardians become the target of President Zhao's relentless enforcer and his team of seasoned commandos.

In No Place to Die, the world becomes a deadly battleground where loyalties are tested, and the line between ally and enemy blurs. As Xin fights to stay one step ahead of her pursuers, she discovers that trust is a luxury she cannot afford. The race against time is on, and the fate of nations hangs in the balance.

From the sprawling metropolises of Earth to the desolate lunar surface, the pulse-pounding action unfolds. Xin and her protectors must navigate a treacherous web of deception, betrayal, and shifting alliances. In a world where no one can be trusted, they must rely on their wits, their skills, and their unwavering determination to survive.

In this gripping spy thriller, filled with heart-pounding suspense and unexpected twists, the stakes have never been higher. With each passing moment, Xin inches closer to her own demise or the salvation of her secrets.

As the hunter becomes the hunted, the world holds its breath, knowing that in the game of spies, there truly is No Place to Die.

About the Author

Roger Kelly Smith — Roger Kelly Smith holds advanced degrees in international politics from the London School of Economics (MSc) and Georgetown University (Ph.D.); in addition, he earned a law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. He taught international politics and American defense policy at the University of Massachusetts (Boston), while serving as the executive director of the Aspen Strategy Group, a nonpartisan Aspen Institute think tank examining national security matters. In addition, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Center for International Affairs. He has edited and contributed to collected works on the Gulf War, American grand strategy, and nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile proliferation, and has published peer-reviewed articles on nuclear arms control in scholarly journals in the United States and the United Kingdom. Before entering public service with the California Court of Appeal, he was in private practice as a civil litigator with several international law firms. No Place to Die is his first novel.

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