DUEL explores a confrontation between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States when China dares to lease an old, abandoned, British naval base on a Caribbean island. Rob Lyons, a State Department analyst, is sent to Saint Matts to determine why the Chinese now seem so dismissive of America's ability to respond to this threat to their security.Assassination, political intrigue, corrupt politicians, new technologies, romance, monkeys, lawyers and a threat of a nuclear war make it a page turner.