Assignment Peking

Description for ASSIGNMENT: PEKING by Edward S Aarons:

“Durell? Sam Durell?”

Sam stood silent and motionless.

> “Sam, please answer me. It is quite all right. You can answer.”

Sam heard a scratching sound, a faint click of metal on metal. There was quiet, sustained breathing. The voice called again.

“Major Shan! Shan Tze Peng!”

“I am here,” said Durell.

“Mr. Shan, I will get you out of here. I shall save you!”

Sam knew the words were a lie. He smelled danger. It was death breathing outside his door. Someone had already betrayed him. Someone who knew he was wearing another man's face. Someone Sam Durell had trusted for a long time…maybe even loved.

The slant-eyed stranger in his mirror looked back at him with growing horror…

This is #28 in A Sam Durell Novel.