Mass market paperback, 158 pages
English language
Published 1969 by Fawcett Gold Medal.
The Dragon's Eye
Scott C. S. Stone: The Dragon's Eye (Paperback, 1969, Fawcett Gold Medal)
- OCLC Number:
- 15367011
- ASIN:
- B0DSZY9QGR
- Goodreads:
- 10843102
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"The Dragon's Eye" takes us behind the Bamboo Curtain into a world of espionage and intrigue in China.
"Why me? I was no hero. Just a war-wise, war-weary combat reporter who'd pushed his luck too far and too long. Still alive and tired of all the dying. Now all I wanted was a long blonde in a short bikini and a star to steer her by. I cabled my resignation and got the hell out of Asia. I got as far as Honolulu. That's where an old buddy brainwashed me into a mission that would rattle the guts of the most hardened agents. A rescue job behind the Bamboo Curtain. A former British correspondent, now top man in the Chinese news service. A man with lethal secrets . . . and a Chinese mistress. A man who would deal with no one but me. Why me? I couldn't figure …
"The Dragon's Eye" takes us behind the Bamboo Curtain into a world of espionage and intrigue in China.
"Why me? I was no hero. Just a war-wise, war-weary combat reporter who'd pushed his luck too far and too long. Still alive and tired of all the dying. Now all I wanted was a long blonde in a short bikini and a star to steer her by. I cabled my resignation and got the hell out of Asia. I got as far as Honolulu. That's where an old buddy brainwashed me into a mission that would rattle the guts of the most hardened agents. A rescue job behind the Bamboo Curtain. A former British correspondent, now top man in the Chinese news service. A man with lethal secrets . . . and a Chinese mistress. A man who would deal with no one but me. Why me? I couldn't figure it out. And there was only one way to find out."