An amateur sleuth must walk the tainted streets of a corrupted city, even if it means his death...
Longshoreman Ryu Tsang works at the immense port of Shanghai. When he notices strange activities, he decides to investigate. His civil pride will lead him to uncover the truth or risk losing those closest to him. When a series of clues don’t add up, he’s ready to quit until a dead body is found in the water...
Egotistical magnate Shin Shaojin has a uniquely dark vision for the city. He wants to enamor the public with his shady business venture in opium. He will do anything to make it happen even if it means cutting corners and getting blood on his hands.
When the smoke clears will there be tranquility or will the illegal underworld leave everyone to face the deadly consequences?
A true page-turner, Jeff Ovall’s futurist work of fiction peers into the history of a world not yet realized, yet ominously closer than most could imagine. A time in which the past has been reborn and humankind, in all its glory and misery, has final
“We’re going to use nine megaton warheads in space and we’re not sure they’re large enough to be effective. Why would you even consider using kiloton-range surface-to-air warheads as back-up?” The answer was succinct. “Because they’re all we have.”
She was quite capable of taking care of herself...She appreciated everything he was doing for her and the Grandmothers Four, but she needed his help, not for him to take over.
