China is on the brink of war with Taiwan.One man stands in the way.Dr. Jaing, a Hong Kong college professor, has just received the equivalent of a ticking time bomb: a flash drive containing China's top-secret plans for occupying Taiwan. He is convinced the plans can be leveraged to stop China's invasion. When a vacationing American couple crosses paths with Jaing, they find themselves pulled into the vortex of an international incident...and murder.Part techno-thriller, part classic whodunnit, The Amethyst Affair whisks the reader from the color and excitement of Hong Kong, to the muddy depths of the Amazon rain forest -- all with a dose of tongue-in-cheek humor.