The President's Daughter: A Thriller

At two o’clock in the morning over the Gulf of Sidra, Navy SEAL Chief Nick Zeppos and his team fly toward the Libyan coast. This is SEAL Team Six’s third mission to capture or kill the terrorist Asim Al-Asheed, who is responsible for multiple attacks and the murder of a captured SEAL, Boyd Tanner. As Zeppos reflects on the failed raids, he receives a radio call from President Matthew Keating, a former SEAL, who offers personal support. Zeppos is simultaneously thrilled by the call and annoyed that the president would bother him at such a critical moment. Another team member, Kowalski, jokes about taking Al-Asheed’s head.

At 2:15 am in the Chinese Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, senior intelligence officer Jiang Lijun observes a party. The embassy also functions as a covert intelligence hub. An aide, Ling, summons Jiang to the basement operations center. After excusing himself from a Libyan tribal leader, Jiang descends to the secure facility.

There, an officer named Liu Xiaobo briefs him that two American helicopters are heading toward the Nafusa Mountains. Jiang conceals his interest and, to maintain secrecy, orders Ling to be reassigned. He then proceeds to his private office to consider the American mission and decide his next action.