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On Dangerous Grounds

As 1997 approaches, England's prime minister learns of a secret document signed by Mao Tse-tung that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional 100 years. The British hire former terrorist Sean Dillon to keep the document from coming to light, before parties in Hong Kong retrieve it and destroy the balance of world power.

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  • "On dangerous ground"@it
  • "On dangerous ground"@pl

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  • "As 1997 approaches, England's prime minister learns of a secret document signed by Mao Tse-tung that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional 100 years. The British hire former terrorist Sean Dillon to keep the document from coming to light, before parties in Hong Kong retrieve it and destroy the balance of world power."@en
  • "British Intelligence Agent, Dillon, must find a document that will extend the Hong Kong treaty to the year 2044. Pitted against ruthless adversaries and enticed by an alluring young socialite, the trail leads him to a castle in the Scottish highlands, home of an American mafia boss."@en
  • "British agent Charles Ferguson is sent to recover the stolen Chunking Covenant. In it Mao TseTung agreed to extend British rule in Hong Kong for another century if the Communists won. Publication of the document by hostile elements could spark riots in Hong Kong and lead to armed intervention by China."@en
  • "British agent Charles Ferguson is sent to recover the stolen Chunking Covenant. In it Mao TseTung agreed to extend British rule in Hong Kong for another century if the Communists won. Publication of the document by hostile elements could spark riots in Hong Kong and lead to armed intervention by China."
  • "As Hong Kong prepares to be restored to China in 1997, powerful business interests brace for ramifications. London's Brigadier Charles Ferguson has learned of the existence of a copy of the mysterious Chungking Covenant, a document signed by Mao and Lord Mountbatten declaring that, in exchange for arms and assistance in the war against the Japanese, Mao would extend the Hong Kong Treaty by one hundred years if he came into power in China.--"
  • "British agent Charles Ferguson is sent to recover the stolen Chunking Covenant. In it Mao Tse Tung agreed to extend British rule in Hong Kong for another century if the Communists won. Publication of the document by hostile elements could spark riots in Hong Kong and lead to armed intervention by China."@en
  • "Ingenious tale of intrigue about Hong Kong in the 1990's, the Mafia and extraordinary promises made by Mao Tse-tung during World War II."@en
  • "As Hong Kong prepares to be restored to China in 1997, England's prime minister learns of a secret document signed by Mao Tse-tung that could delay the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong for an additional hundred years. Former terrorist Sean Dillon is given direct orders to keep the document from coming to light-- at all costs. One copy still exists, hidden in the wreckage of a plane at the bottom of a Scottish loch. But Dillon is not the only person searching for it There are powerful business interests, including the Mafia, that will do anything to retain influence over Hong Kong, even if the delicate balance of world power is destroyed."@en
  • "Zowel de Mafia als de Britse geheime dienst zijn op zoek naar een mysterieus document waarin in 1944 een geheime overeenkomst is opgenomen over het lot van Hong Kong."
  • "As Hong Kong prepares for its 1997 return to China, powerful business concerns, including the Mafia, will do anything to stop the return, as a search begins for a mysterious document, the Chungking Covenant, that would allow for an extension of the treaty."

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  • "Spy stories"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Translations"
  • "Dobrodružné romány"
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  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "On Dangerous Grounds"@en
  • "Na nebezpečné půdě"
  • "On Dangerous Ground Book 3"@en
  • "On Dangerous Ground"
  • "Nel covo dei serpenti"@it
  • "Nel covo dei serpenti"
  • "Na niebezpiecznym gruncie"
  • "Na niebezpiecznym gruncie"@pl
  • "On dangerous ground : thriller"
  • "On dangerous ground [audio book]"
  • "On dangerous ground"
  • "On dangerous ground"@en
  • "Die Hongkong-Papiere Roman"
  • "På farlig grund"@da
  • "Terrain dangereux : roman"@en
  • "Terrain dangereux : roman"
  • "Terrain dangereux"@en
  • "Terrain dangereux"
  • "Se epikindyno edaphos"
  • "Terreno minado"
  • "Panoksena Hongkong"@fi
  • "On Dangerous Ground #3"
  • "Terreno peligroso"
  • "Terreno peligroso"@es
  • "Tropa volka"
  • "Terreno peligroso = On dangerous grounds"
  • "Gevaarlijk terrein"
  • "Die Hongkong-Papiere : Roman"

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