Contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5. I: Bomblight
6. 1. Beijing
7. 2. California
8. 3. USS Savo Island Wakkanai Bay, Japan
9. 4. USNS Mercy, T-AH-19 The South China Sea
10. 5. Xinjiang Province, Western China
11. II: Chaos Rising
12. 6. Beijing
13. 7. 35°17′02″ N, 130°34′55″ E: The Sea of Japan
14. 8. Headed East
15. 9. The Tian Shan Mountains, Western China
16. 10. Camp Pendleton, California
17. III: Spent Assets
18. 11. Chadron, Nebraska
19. 12. The Sea of Japan
20. 13. McLean, Virginia
21. 14. Singapore
22. 15. The Eastern Shore, Maryland
23. IV: The Judgment of the Fates
24. 16. Washington, DC
25. 17. Nagano, Japan
26. 18. Republic of the Covenant, Missouri
27. 19. The Pentagon, Washington, DC
28. 20. Xinjiang, Western China
29. 21. The Eastern Shore, Maryland
30. The Afterimage: Arlington, Virginia
31. Acknowledgments
32. Also by David Poyer
33. About the Author
34. Copyright