The Salamander’s Tail – The new spy novel from Michael Vatikiotis

Michael Vatikiotis, author of the best-selling Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia, will launch a compelling new book, a spy novel set along the Thai-Burma border. The Salamander’s Tail traverses a fault line of strategic sparring between the United States and China on the cusp of a new Cold War. Inspired and informed by four decades of experience as a journalist and private diplomat covering conflict in Asia, Vatikiotis brings to life one of the world&rsqu