The Eagle in Autumn

The year is 2022. The South China Sea is the busiest waterway in the world and is on the verge of becoming a cauldron of violent naval destruction.</p><p>With interviews verified press reports and the U.S. government's investigation transcripts <I>The Eagle in Autumn</I> describes the criminal activity that transpires at the U.S. defense contractor Dayton-Anderson--activity that considerably affects the outcome of the conflict.</p><p>Espionage runs rampant as agents working for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) try to gain access to security intelligence from the Americans specifically on the RU-35 a field upgrade to a Howitzer-type rocket-propelled artillery shell and also the Conqueror missile guidance system. Recruited by the PLAN to steal American secrets Ian Manning befriends Anne Seybold a beautiful scientist who is managing the RU-35 and Conqueror projects. Using Seybold he blackmails the CEO of Dayton-Anderson a company contracted by the US Government to develop both of the top secret programs.</p><p>In the years leading up to the South China Sea War the battle for secrets exacts a heavy price. But it is those secrets combined with a misguided U.S. foreign policy a crumbling U.S. infrastructure and corrupt corporate officers that end up contributing to the most significant U.S. naval conflict of the twenty-first century.</p>