A Dragon Defanged

About the Book

Democratic President Earl Eastwood seeks re-election against the formidable Connecticut Governor Sophia Kallias, a Republican moderate with winning appeal to the critical independent vote. A unifi ed Third World infl uenced by China offers him the “global presidency” at the United Nations, if he loses the US race. Eastwood’s dependency on China curdles his loyalties. He needs China’s endorsement for the UN job. And Chinese foreign investment is the only viable source of job growth in a badly recessed US economy. The Chinese recruit the fi nancial wizardry of Swiss-based Nikos Rallis to fashion a Swiss-Brazilian network of equity funds. The network launders US investments of Chinese-owned Brazilian companies. They covertly acquire control of Canadian and US shale oil and gas stakes and their pipeline conduits. The network then infi ltrates critical US defense technology sources. Eastwood, a brilliant political tactician and the fi rst African-American president, must act forcefully as he learns of the Chinese scheme. His rigid, West Point ethics are challenged by ambition, and his complicated romantic life.

About the Author

ROBERT LOCKWOOD is a reformed Washington lobbyist who represented many institutions as well as Fortune 500 companies on matters of taxation, foreign trade and defense. Earlier, he had held a number of political offices as counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee and cabinet-level officials. Educated at Columbia and l'Université de Paris, he has worked and lived in France, Switzerland and Belgium. He resides and writes in Williamsburg, Virginia, and on Hutchinson Island, Florida.