The Fletchers live in expatriate comfort in Singapore in 2002 when a recession threatens their comfortable lifestyle. Geophysicist Michael and his son, Alex, are drawn into a marine survey to locate the Siren, an East Indiaman sunk in a tempest in the Sulu Sea in 1764. Onboard, a rich cargo of 250,000 cases of Ming Dynasty porcelain lies buried on the seabed. A single plate recovered by a diver sets in motion the frantic search by Michael's company, PanAsia Services, in a race against a rival … [Read more...] about Hostage to Freedom: The Search for the Siren by Richard Sorapure