Yong Xun's Reviews > Lunar Options

** spoiler alert ** When I saw the cover of this book, with the Chinese astronaut on the moon, I got nervous. As a Chinese-American, I thought "Here we go again, another book about the evil dragon, China, trying to destroy America." I was surprised, however, to find this is not your run of the mill military thriller full of stereotypical characters. This was a book about the real world and the way in which the powers that be can manipulate it for their own ends. China has advanced technology and a secret military base on the moon. But the base is compromised when a rouge US black ops agent infiltrates the base and takes over the weapons there. He then targets the United States Congress so that it looks like China attacked America. All of this is a cover up for a much more nefarious scheme run by an American CEO with ties to the white house.

I couldn't wait to see how this ended. I read the whole book through in just one sitting. I am a fan of T.R. Locke now. Not because he didn't dump on my home country, but because he wrote about us with respect and intelligence. In the world he created, everything is plausible and doesn't defy logic to get to its conclusions. Moreover, it concludes well. There's more story and books yet to come, but this story concluded well. I can't wait to read the next in the series. I highly recommend this book.