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A novel of the Communist threat and Washington politics in Southeast Asia. In the ancient kingdom of Sarkhan, Prince Lin, scholar and neutralist will ascend to the 2,500-year-old throne. The control of a whole subcontinent is at stake as the Eastern and Western continents stand by watching the developing pattern of Communist subversion.
First publish date: 1965
Authors: William J. Lederer
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