Mandatory Evacuation

FAST-PACED SPY THRILLER.ASSASSINATIONS CYBER WARFARE ESPIONAGE AND INTRIGUE ENDS IN DISASTER FOR THE CHINESE MILITARY SECURITY SERVICE (MSS).Jim Murphy and detective Pham Flower Chi Hai from the novel Awakening of The Golden Phoenix again team up in this fast-paced action Chinese spy thriller. Murphy and Pham receive a wedding invitation from Maui Hue the granddaughter of his old South Vietnamese friend Bui Hop. Jim Murphys flight from Costa Rica to Myrtle Beach SC was diverted to Raleigh NC on Monday September 17 2018 as Hurricane Florence struck the Carolina Coast. Murphy rents a vehicle in Raleigh and against rental agency advice drives to Myrtle Beach. Due to coastal flooding from the hurricane a mandatory evacuation order was in effect. Murphy became immersed in heavy out-going traffic on SC Highway 501. After several attempts to find an alternate route drives his car down a side road off of Highway 22 called Wild Swamp Lane out of Conway. Murphys vehicle comes to the attention of the Chinese MSS which is operating a covert operational center nearby. The MSS track Murphy by his rental vehicle information to the Holiday Inn at The Boardwalk on the Beach. The MSS security records list Murphys background in prior covert operations and erroneously conclude he is in Myrtle Beach to spy on them. After a fumbled attempt to search his room two of their agents end of dead. That event escalates into a series of failed attacks on Murphy Pham police and personal friends. Before the dust settles local police state and federal agencies (FBI ICE DIA) form a joint-investigative task force. Poor tactical decisions by the Chinese MSS eventually lead to the destruction of Carolina operations in Charleston Greenville and Myrtle Beach. Two MSS competing Hong Kong Triads are involved which results in reduced money laundering smuggling and drug sales. The Mexican Cartel and the renegade MSS regional leader jointly participate in off-the-book drug sales and petty crimes further reducing MSS operational income. The participating cartel members subsequently end up killed arrested or deported.By the time this thriller concludes the K-14 Triad destroys the Imperial Avengers Triad in Hong Kong. A ranking MSS official becomes assassinated in Washington DC. The Carolina MSS regional leader Jian Wei returns to Hong Kong and ends up dead in a most gruesome manner. As with all of the Jim Murphy novels he collects an assortment of exciting friends associates and characters that aid in his success. Murphy doesnt start the trouble but by teamwork and ingenuity he gets the job done. A typical USMC approach to problems. Semper Fi!