Rob Lyons, a Secretary of State employee, is sent to the Caribbean Island of St Matts, to prevent the People’s Republic of China from leasing a long abandoned British naval base. Establishing a permanent presence in the Caribbean would be a detriment to the USA and confirm China’s new dominance of the region.
Assassination of the island’s greedy Prime Minister, a threat of nuclear war, an evacuation of the island’s entire population, a wedding and 80,000 monkeys will keep you turning pages.