"The U.S. Army's Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines, but there is a group that is even more stealthy and deadly. Composed of the most feared operators on the face of the earth, they are the soldiers of Ghost Recon. Captain Scott Mitchell and his Ghost Recon team infiltrate China's eastern coast to seek and destroy the Spring Tiger Group. The small band of renegade Chinese military leaders is poised to execute operation Pouncing Dragon, a plot to seize Taiwan and trigger a battle for dominance in the Pacific. But when Mitchell realizes that an old nemesis is assisting the cabal, World War III becomes personal..."--P. [4] of cover.