Up Like Thunder

Myanmar, ruled by a corrupt military junta since 1962, finally opens its borders for business and tourism in 2011. The U.S. Export/Import Bank, anxious to leverage trades agreements, tasks an American finance expert to open doors there.

She vanishes without a trace.

Investigator, Pete Chandler, dispatched by her panicked Congressman father, is on a mission to find her and bring her home. Chandler travels up the Irrawaddy River and charges into the heart of darkness of corrupt government, dict...