An electrifying thriller debut set in modern China, in a world of artists, paranoid revolutionaries and government conspiracies
First she tried to start over. Now she's just trying to survive.
ON HER OWN
Ellie Cooper's tour of duty in Iraq left her with a damaged leg, a faithless husband, and a desperate need to get away. In Beijing, she falls for charismatic Chinese artist Lao Zhang but, after the arrival of a mysterious guest, he disappears
ON THE RUN
Her cheating husband, Trey, tracks her down to demand a divorce. But far more disturbing are the Chinese and American agents who begin to hound Ellie for Lao Zhang's whereabouts.
AND A LONG WAY FROM HOME
When things suddenly turn threatening, Ellie turns fugitive, convinced there's a hidden agenda one that involves something she should never have seen in Iraq something that could get her killed. Now she's alone, in a country she barely knows, falling down a rabbit hole of conspiracies from which she can't escape