The Bangkok Asset: A novel (Sonchai Jitpleecheep)

The Bangkok Asset: A novel (Sonchai Jitpleecheep)

Sonchai Jitpleecheepâ‚¬"the brash and beguiling Royal Thai Police Force detective who has been our guide through John Burdettâ‚¬s five previous acclaimed Bangkok novelsâ‚¬"is back. The former monk and devout Buddhist, forever battling to protect his karma from the assaults of morally compromising cases, is now faced with the most horrifying technological innovation to make its way to the streets of Bangkok, and a conspiracy of almost unfathomable reach.

With Sonchai on this case is the young female inspector Krom. Like Sonchai, sheâ‚¬s an outsider on the police force, but unlike him, she is socially savvy and a technological prodigy. When theyâ‚¬re called to a demonstrationâ‚¬"in the midst of a typhoonâ‚¬"of the deadly, superhuman strength of an American man who is seemingly controlled by a CIA operative, they have no idea what theyâ‚¬re actually witnessing or why. Their reliably obtuse and unequivocally crooked boss, Colonel Vikorn, explains some of it, but the most telling questions remain unanswered: Could the Americans have figured out a way to create a physically and psychologically enhanced supersoldier? Are they testing himâ‚¬"or itâ‚¬"on Thai soil? And why is everyone, from the Bangkok police to the international community, so eager to turn a blind eye?

Searching for the answers to these questions, Sonchai and Krom find themselves in a remote Cambodian jungle compound for aging American ex-soldiers, where they will discover just how far a government will go to protect its worst secretsâ‚¬"both past and present. But the case will also have much more personal repercussions for Sonchai, shaking his world to its very foundation and perhaps finally forcing him to confront his long-lost American father.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2015-08-04
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307272683

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2015-08-04
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307272683

The Bangkok Asset: A novel (Sonchai Jitpleecheep)

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