There are no children in Guilin. Peasants protest their loss. When a drunken policeman murders the protest leader, Frank Thro feels the carnage, remembering his traumatic disaster at the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. He uncovers agroterrorism, and joins the peasants against Wa He Xing, agent of internal state security. Xing quashes dissent and threatens Thro with prison, to cover his grab for power. They clash in Tiananmen Square. Punishment of government agroterrorists must be swift and thorough, while avoiding international tension with the US. Frank Thro finds the courage to stand and fight for peasants' justice, but at what cost?
"Red Rebellion" "An American nationalist working for a biotechnological company in China seeks redemption for cowardly actions at the Tiananmen Square rebellion. (The author Frank) Barry does a nice job handling not just multiple scenarios and settings, but also the expositional narrative providing background on Chinese culture and politics essential to understand the...story. Barry has a cinematic vision when it comes to conceptualizing a Clancy-style...thriller." Kirkus Discoveries review, November 9, 2007
