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America’s Navy has been the undisputed leader in the Pacific since WWII. Now, China plans to change that.
By conquering French Polynesia. A nuclear weapon lost during one of dozens of French nuclear tests has been discovered there by rebels. Who will use it to force France out of Polynesia.
On their own, the rebels might have little chance.
Unless China’s Navy intervenes to help them achieve independence before the French military can respond.
China will call it a “peacekeeping mission.”
French and Russian agents are already in French Polynesia, trying to locate and capture the missing nuclear weapon. Can they do it in time?
Will anyone help the French stand up to China? If not, can France resist alone?
Or will China become the greatest Pacific power?
Just released. 200 sold in first five days.
Raivavae Island
French Polynesia
Dmitri Peshkin frowned and shook his head.
“You have to be joking!” he said, waving his hand toward the rusted metal case a few meters away. It was rectangular, about two meters tall and a meter wide.
The man Peshkin knew only as “Mai” replied, “I am not. We’ve given you protective gloves and a mask. For all the money we’ve paid you, you can at least have a look inside.”
Mai was shorter than the average Polynesian, and his black hair was cut shorter than usual.
Most Polynesians Peshkin had met were fairly easygoing, or even cheerful.
Not Mai. Peshkin wouldn’t say that the scowl on Mai’s face right now was a permanent feature.
But it wasn’t far from it.
Peshkin pointed at the radiation badge Mai was wearing, identical to his.
“Look at your badge. It already shows danger, and we haven’t even opened the case!” Peshkin said.
It was true. The badge was primitive by the standards to which Peshkin had been accustomed while working at a Soviet nuclear weapons lab decades ago. It consisted of nothing more than a colored strip shading from no exposure, to some, to likely lethal.
Their badges were both still at “some.”
Mai shrugged. “No revolution ever succeeds without risk.”
Peshkin seethed inside, but was smart enough to keep his mouth shut. He’d dealt with plenty of fanatics during his years in Libya working on Gaddafi’s failed nuclear program after fleeing the collapsing USSR.
Beyond a certain point, arguing with fanatics was the bigger danger.
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Tomas Ibarra
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