"This is highly recommended, addictive and compelling reading. Not to be missed," The International Review of Books.

It's early 2020. Lockdowns and war are in the future. One man is fighting to discover the truth. His journey into the Russian/Chinese deep state will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Robert McNeil is a vaccine scientist. His wife died while he was rushing back to London to be with her.

Her death from the Coronavirus hits him hard. When he's asked to join a U.S. State Department mission to China, he accepts. The mission, headed by Faith Gordon, a China specialist, is tasked with finding out the truth about the origins of the virus.

McNeil's vaccine, developed at a lab outside London, is one of the leading contenders for rapid vaccine deployment globally. The Russians want to find out everything about it

When McNeil pushes for explanations in China, he ends up in prison, in the hands of an official who tortures enemies of the Chinese state. The Americans with him are also abducted. Their mission hangs by a thread.

A Chinese secret society pledged to overthrow the Communist Party, wants to use McNeil to help them achieve their objective.

Does McNeil have any chance of uncovering the role China played in the virus destroying countless lives around the world, and how Russia helped them?

A truly compelling story. Get ready for a rollercoaster.