Robert Ludlum's The Patriot Attack

Robert Ludlum's The Patriot Attack plunges readers into a gripping scenario where Japan and China teeter on the brink of war following an assault on a Japanese warship. Amidst this turmoil, Jon Smith, a top Covert-One operative, is dispatched to retrieve enigmatic material from the ruins of the Fukushima nuclear reactor.

Smith mysteriously vanishes, prompting CIA agent Randi Russell to launch an unsanctioned mission to locate him. Her investigation reveals that the missing samples could prove Japan, under the leadership of Chief of Staff Masao Takahashi, is secretly working on advanced weapons systems in anticipation of a confrontation with China.

The Covert-One team is tasked with thwarting Takahashi's plans to ignite a conflict, a necessary endeavour to prevent a war that threatens to claim tens of millions of lives and render much of the planet uninhabitable.