Former CIA Director Craig Page and internationally-known journalist Elizabeth Crowder are back in a new spell-binding thriller.
When Elizabeth is poisoned in a Rome hotel room and barely survives, Craig is determined to find out who is responsible.
His search leads him to Milan, Bardolino and London.
Along the way, in this exhilarating story, Craig is repeatedly attacked and key witnesses are murdered.
Yet he and Elizabeth persevere.
Craig's search finally takes him back to Yale University 35 years ago and to an enigmatic group of four undergraduates.
Craig uncovers a dark conspiracy, meticulously planned by Hu Zheng, a former Chinese intelligence agent, now President of China.
Craig learns that Hu's goal is China's takeover of Taiwan.
Even more terrifying, Craig discovers that the ultimate objective of Hu's sinister plot is to manipulate the election of the American President.
And it all began at Yale University with the Poor Man's Club.
Can Craig and Elizabeth stop Hu before he does devastating damage to the United States?
Allan Topol is the national bestselling author of eighteen novels of international intrigue.
His novels have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew. He is a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology and Yale Law School. A partner in a major Washington law firm and an avid wine collector, he has traveled extensively, researching dramatic locations for his novels.