Publisher's Synopsis
The year is 1999. As Hong Kong collapsed in the years leading up to 1997, Asia became dangerously unstable. Civil war breaks out in China between North and South, Shanghai against Szechuan. A new North Korean leader follows in his father's footsteps and invades the prosperous miracle country of South Korea. The Western allies, committed to defending South Korea, are reluctantly drawn into a conflict not of their own making.;Watching patiently nearby is Japan, the giant that is not slow to see the imperial possibilities of this state of chaos. But if Japan strikes, the result will be a total and devastating "Pacific Nightmare". The way events in the Far East could develop towards a full-blown world war are interpreted in this book.
