China Paradox, The

Walter J. Lummis is an American expatriate and freelance newsman with extensive experience covering Asia. Now, in his later years, he has developed information about a plot involving China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran cooperating in a plot to destroy the US democracy from within, eliminate its influence in world affairs, and alter the world order by creating a single nation comprised of all the nations of the world ruled by China. Throughout his pursuit of the truth, Lummis embarks on a perilous journey across various Far East countries, all while being pursued by North Korea’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), determined to prevent him from getting the story on the front page of a leading US newspaper and claiming a Pulitzer Prize. Will Lummis reach his objective of publishing the story, or will the MSS kill him before he achieves his goal? The fate of Lummis, the United States, and the world order hangs in the balance. Gerard Shirar, was a twenty-year veteran of the US Army, served as an officer in Army Intelligence. He is a veteran of Korea and Vietnam and practiced law in the Boston area for many years before retiring. This is his eighth novel.