For three decades, they've slumbered. When they rise, America falls...
They are the Ghosts of Mao, sleepers hidden among us. A nuclear trigger sets them on a collision course with an international peace conference.
Enter special agents Joe Brennan and Chinese counterpart Daisy Lee. They're chasing whispers, rumors of a terrible secret, from the backrooms of Macau to the heart of ancient China, from the streets of Los Angeles to a pulse-pounding conclusion that may alter the global balance of power...