If New York Police captain Nikki Heat is acting like shes seen a ghost, its for good reason. Her mother, Cynthia, presumed dead for seventeen years, has resurfaced-but the threat that made her go into hiding is as grave as ever. n n Halfway across the world, CIA superspy Derrick Storm, on the trail of a nefarious group of Chinese businessmen known as the Shanghai Seven, trips over a long-ago recording of one of Cynthias phone calls. It seems Cynthia Heats past and the Shanghai Sevens present have merged. And so have the fortunes of two dogged investigators. n n Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm unite for the first time-and theyll need all their considerable skills to stop a villain who has the resources and ruthlessness to kill them both. n