Night Rain, Tokyo

Diplomacy, Danger, Desire.All collide in this dark, suspenseful, action-packed political thriller ripped right out of next year's newspapers. But is it all for a powerful idea or just a pipe dream? In the year 2019, from Washington, D.C., to Napa, California, to Tokyo, Brad Oaks pursues an ingenious international trade proposal that would rescue a family steel business and a scarce natural resource. He has conceived of a way to unravel bureaucratic snarls that stymie the Wishbone Pipeline project so crucial to his client, Elgar Steel. New to the Washington lobbying scene, Brad immediately encounters resistance at the muzzle of a sniper's rifle. Just when he tries to pitch his proposal to the United States trade representative, the Elgar family is thrown into turmoil, and Brad must fly to Tokyo to chase down a previously unknown heir to the family business. That heir turns out to be Amaya Mori, a Japanese woman of sophistication, intellect, and beauty. Brad is smitten, and his romantic involvement with Amaya quickly catches fire. He and all three heirs to Elgar Steel become targets in a capricious, international plot to sabotage America's infrastructure. It doesn't help matters that two of them, twin sisters, are at odds over the Wishbone pipe dream. Brad's heroic effort to restore order brings him face to face with his own stark solitude.