About the book: Jean Leconte uncovers a conspiracy of silence while working at an aviation production plant in Tianjin, China. His Chinese suppliers withhold critical parts unless his company shares confidential information. Efforts to get help from his company and government officials in Brussels fail, and he is warned not to disclose China’s practices.
Unwilling to acquiesce, Jean reaches out to Glo-Ex, a covert business alliance, for help. Kellie Liang and Carter Armstrong, known as the Colonel, take charge of Glo-Ex’s efforts to expose the broader implications of China’s dominance in rare earth minerals. Kellie and the Colonel initially focus on Europe but soon recognize China’s dominance in processed rare earth minerals as a major threat to U.S. military and civilian interests.
When they reach out to their contacts in Washington, D.C., they realize those who are willing to help lack information and those who have the information are actively trying to suppress disclosure. Can Kellie and the Colonel find a way to expose the looming danger without being silenced?
About the Author: Writing books is a passion for attorney Timothy Trainer, who for more than three decades focused on intellectual property issues in his day job. He has worked in government agencies and in the private sector, and his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world.
Tim found time to pen a few non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights;the 15th edition was published in 2022. Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff.
Fiction was a genre he always wanted to try. In 2019, Pendulum Over the Pacific, was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains.
In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection.
In 2025, he published the sequel, The China Factor, which ranked #63 on the Amazon Asian Literature list in May.