Live to See Tomorrow/Iris Johansen/358 pgs.

Catherine Ling, one of Iris Johansen's newest characters, is a top-notch CIA agent tasked with rescuing American journalist, Erin Sullivan, a hostage of Kadmus, an evil egomaniac who believes Erin is the key to finding the mythological place known as Shambhala. Catherine manages to free Erin from the Tibetan monastery in which Kadmus has been holding her, but that is just the beginning of the action/suspense. Richard Cameron, know as the Guardian, enters the picture. He works for "The Committee" which also has an interest in Shambhala. There is plenty of action, suspense, and even romance, in this novel. I found it very entertaining, and am interested to see how Johansen further develops both Ling and Cameron's characters.