"A first-rate military thriller that dares to imagine a war between China and the United States in vivid, mesmerizing and highly personal detail." -Best Thrillers

In the year 2029, China attacks the United States. Retired Navy SEAL Malcolm Kwong survives the attack. His family does not. Vowing revenge, Kwong puts together a team to help him kill the President of China and leads them into China's Taklamakan Desert - the Desert of Death - in search of Ismail Khoja, a Uighur who nearly assassinated the Chinese President five years earlier. Together, they will either prevent a world war, or start one.