Bureau 39

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Bureau 39 is an edge-of-your-seat thriller in the Tom Clancy mold that delves into the hitherto unexplored underworld of the pariah state that is North Korea.

For decades since the collapse of communism, the so-called “hermit kingdom” has survived by making international crime a state enterprise.

CIA operative Frank Mitchum’s area of specialty is Bureau 39 – the top-secret government unit responsible for financing the rogue state’s weapons of mass destruction. Mitchum uncovers the involvement of Jimmy Wu, a Hong Kong methamphetamine mogul, whose cross-border smuggling routes are vital to Bureau 39’s supply of WMD components.

An explosion at a container terminal in Hong Kong, an arms dealer and smuggler arrested in Thailand, and the disappearance of a CIA asset plague the investigation.

Even as the bodies pile up, Mitchum races to cut off Bureau 39’s resources before it is too late because the threat of the world’s first nuclear holocaust depends on it.

Not since the end of the Korean War in 1953 has there been a greater dread of hostilities flaring up on the Korean peninsula, where the border between North and South is the world’s most heavily militarized frontier.

Bureau 39 is a chilling tale set in the sole remaining flashpoint of the Cold War of old.

 –Ron McMillan, Yin Yang Tattoo and Bangkok Bell