Chip Lyons, the toughest cop on the San Diego Police Department, is on a stakeout and videotapes a murder. But instead of making an arrest, he blackmails the killer for a million dollars and claims that his partner is in on the shakedown. Before the payoff can be made, however, Lyons dies in a shootout in an unrelated case.The killer expects Lyons's partner, Sergeant Tommy Donahoo, to honor the deal, but Donahoo dismisses him as a crackpot. The killer thinks Donahoo is holding out for more money, and the mix-up escalates into a dangerous, highstakes game where paradox is the rule: Cops are bad; friends are enemies; lovers are killers; heroes are traitors; and wise men are fools.In Manila Time, Jack Trolley propels you to the fancy heights of San Diego's Banker's Hill and back down to the slimy underbelly of Tijuana's Pueblo Amigo. In the face of death, Donahoo must make an impossible choice - abandon the woman he loves to a crazed butcher, or follow the trail of a secret device that may or may not be the next great hope for political assassins. Read Less