Year of the Tiger by Jack Higgins

Paperback 1962. The Cold War heats up as the space race begins. And one scientist, living under house arrest in Chinese controlled Tibet, holds the key to victory. Paul Chavasse is inserted into Tibet on a desperate mission that may be the West's only hope of beating the Soviets to the moon. He must locate and smuggle out -Dr. Karl Hoffner. But enemies are everywhere-from Chinese occupiers and distrustful natives to Soviet agents shadowing their every move. Fighting for their lives, Chavasse and Hoffner must race across one hundred rugged miles to freedom, as the future of space travel-and the world-hangs in the balance. Jack Higgins, worldwide bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Angel of Death, plunges readers into a maelstrom of Cold War intrigue and espionage. Year of the Tiger is Higgins at his best, thrilling readers like no other author can! Box VV