Copyright © 2020 by Rob Wood China Dolls All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-09832-932-7 ebook ISBN: 978-1-0-9832-933-4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TIGER BANK 2 COMES SOMETHING WICKED 3 MIXED MESSAGES 4 DRESS WHITES 5 STRANGERS BEARING GIFTS 6 FIFTY KILOGRAMS 7 WHO? WHAT? WHERE? 8 HAWKS AND HELICOPTERS 9 A CADAVER AND A COLONEL 10 LOULAN BEAUTY 11 OFFER, COUNTER-OFFER 12 THE HUMANITARIAN 13 GUANGXI 14 ONE HUNDRED STEPS 15 SCRIPT CHANGE 16 ARE YOU INSANE? 17 GET LILY ZHANG 18 HUTONGS AND SIHEYUANS 19 AIDING AND ABETTING 20 NECESSITY IS . . . 21 THAT WAS MY HOME 22 FRIENDS AND FAMILY 23 NO ONE DOES THAT! 24 OUT TO SEA 25 QUESTIONS 26 MAKING FRIENDS 27 PIRATES! 28 A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE 29 INSERTION 30 MENODARWAR 31 TEARS OF ALLAH 32 CACHE AND CARRY 33 NO LUCK, NO TIME, NO AMMO 34 “DO YOU INTENDTO KILL ME?” 35 “ALL PRESUMED DEAD.” GOOD! 36 FAILURES 37 PLANS AND PROSPECTUS 38 “LONG TIME NO SEE” 39 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY 40 YOU WON’T LET HIM HURT ME, WILL YOU? 41 PICK AND GO 42 NOW OR NEVER 43 ON THE LAM 44 MY ASHEVILLE MOUNTAIN HOME 45 TRUST 46 EYES ON THE PRIZE 47 THIBEAULT AND MAUDE 48 STAY OUT OF THE DUCKWEED 49 MUTINY 50 UP IN THE AIR 51 HOSTAGES 52 MOPPING UP 53 DEBRIEF 54 RECUPERATION AND REFLECTION 55 DRUGS: TACTICAL AND TARGETED 56 PERFECTION 57 NO SURPRISES 58 PLEASE DON’T DO THIS! 59 TAKLAMAKAN DESERT 60 TEST RESULTS 61 IN THE KAREZ 62 LOULAN! 63 REAL LIFE AND MOVIES 64 SHOVELS! 65 JUST THINK ABOUT IT 66 NEW VENTURES 67 PICNIC 68 BLIP ON THE RADAR 69 COMING OUT PARTY