Honorable Enemies
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3.9 • 26 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
“Takes Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun a step further . . . brisk and exciting.”—Publishers Weekly
The beautiful tranquility of the Hawaiian afternoon is shattered when a cruise ship filled with Japanese tourists is comes under fire. Unbelievably, a civilian helicopter is strafing the ship with automatic weapons.
The shock waves from the tragic attack reach all the way to Washington and Tokyo. In retaliation for the attack, a group of American tourists is ambushed in Osaka, and then Japanese-Americans become targets across the United States. Relations between the U.S. and Japan rapidly deteriorate.
The only way to restore order and prevent a greater conflict is to find out who is responsible for the initial attack—and why. This task is assigned to senior CIA operations officer Stephen Wickham and a Japanese-American FBI agent, Susan Nakamura. Their search leads them to a deadly conspiracy of enormous proportions . . . and reaching all the way to the highest levels of the U.S. and Japanese governments.
In Honorable Enemies, Joe Weber has formulated a chilling post-Cold War scenario, once again proving himself a master at portraying a frighteningly real near-future confrontation with our most powerful rival—Japan.
“Some writers get better with age: Weber is among them.”—Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Combining espionage, terrorism and international politics, this energetic techno-thriller takes Michael Crichton's Rising Sun a step further, as Weber ( Defcon One ; Targets of Opportunity ) demonstrates how current tensions between Japan and America could drive the two countries to open warfare. When a boatload of Japanese tourists is fired on from a helicopter equipped with automatic weapons, Stephen Wickham of the CIA joins the FBI's Marcus Callaway and Susan Nakamura to track down the culprits. Meanwhile, a series of escalating terrorist attacks on Japanese and American citizens creates a crisis that can be settled only by a meeting between a stubborn American president and a proud and resentful Japanese premier. Weber manages to avoid jingoism and bias by giving equal weight to the dark side of both countries. More than an ironic touch, the book's opening locale--Pearl Harbor--suggests the root of the problem: the shadow of WW II looming ominously over both countries. Weber consistently maintains a thoughtful perspective as he spins his brisk and exciting narrative.
