Dancing With The Dragon Marks A Return To The Classic Techno-Thriller. With a plot that could be ripped from the front pages of tomorrow's headlines Weber delivers the real deal. China, with the earth's largest population, the largest and increasingly capable armed forces, equipped with nuclear-tipped intercontinental missiles, is moving aggressively. Their goal: hegemony over the Pacific starting with the establishment of strategic outposts along South and Central America's Pacific coast. The world's only credible obstacle to China's ambitions is the United States of America.During routine night operations off Southern California, an F/A-18 from the USS Abraham Lincoln is inexplicably blown from the sky. The Pentagon wants to throw a blanket over the incident: but then another navy tighter jet is mysteriously destroyed in midair. The president orders an investigation to find out who is responsible for the attacks, and why. Tagged for the job: ex-CIA operatives (and former military pilots) Scott Dalton and Jackie Sullivan.As Dalton and Sullivan proceed, they are surprised to learn that the loss of the navy jets is the latest in a series of apparently unrelated and previously unexplained losses of American combat aircraft. Their investigation uncovers a deadly conspiracy that seems to lead directly to Beijing. Will China view the United States' role in long term war on terrorism as weakening American resolve in the South-China Sea and Asia? Will they miscalculate our global strategy and commitment to defend the democratic island nation of Taiwan? Is the time ripe for China to take advantage of the situation to settle these issues on their terms?From Washington to Beijing, Honolulu to Bankok, Dancing with the Dragon s a page-turnin' thriller from start to cliff-hanging finish. Topic and candid,Weber's mastery of current affairs an technology shines through.