Hantu

This book portrays the great powers locked in a suicidal mahjong game. Communist China "borrows" British agent Peter Ross who sets out to track down a secret weapon which one side possesses. He follows a trail of deception and violent death stretching from tropical Singapore to Manchuria's near-Arctic winter. John Halkin is a former BBC producer and has lived for some years in Singapore. His other books include "Slither".