The Archivist

About the Book

General Lin Bogang, China’s highest-ranking military officer, has a plan that will force the government into naming him his country’s leader. And there’s a strong likelihood he’ll succeed, thanks to secret documents written by Mao Zedong. The general has two problems. He only has copies, which could be discounted as forgeries, and he doesn’t know the exact location of the originals. Soon he discovers that the key to finding them lies with Matt Moretti, an alcoholic former Army Ranger currently working as an archivist for the US government. Hunted by the general, a Chinese assassin, European police, and his own government, the archivist goes on the run across Europe as he tries to unravel the clues that will reveal Mao’s long-kept secret. Along the way he meets Han Li, a beautiful Chinese agent and assassin in her own right who is also seeking the original documents. Only time will tell, however, whether they will manage to keep them out of the hands of the general. In this thriller, an alcoholic former Army Ranger joins forces with China’s top assassin to recover secret documents that could topple the Chinese government.

About the Author

Alan Refkin is the coauthor of four previously published books. He received the iUniverse Editor’s Choice Award for The Wild Wild East, and for Piercing the Great Wall of Corporate China. He lectures internationally on how to conduct business in Asia and lives in Florida with his wife Kerry. He is currently working on The Abductions, his next Matthew Moretti and Han Li novel. For more information on the author, including his blogs and newsletters, visit www.alanrefkin.com.