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"Colorful
cameo characters - including a sexy rock singer, a gay male model and a
corrupt police superintendent - contribute to the action, played out against
the well-evoked, exotic scenery of Hong Kong." - Publishers Weekly
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1997: Hong Kong, China.
No longer a prize of British colonialism, Hong Kong will enter a new realm of history as China reclaims what she sees as her most wayward child.
No one knows what this change will bring.
Will this become a new era of peace and prosperity for the city, uniting the people with a common goal and vision, all working for the glory of China?
Or will this mean the destruction of Hong Kong's way of life, a withdrawal of all the liberties enjoyed by the island's residents by a mainland government that views all trade as state secrets and the press as an enemy of the People's Republic?
Change can bring joy--but more often it brings fear.
Among the varied individuals confronting this historic change:
Brandon Poole: One of Hong Kong's richest industrialists, he is a British aristocrat whose family helped colonize the city and whose love for it will keep him there...perhaps long past the time of safety.
Lacy Lock: A New York investment banker who comes to Hong Kong to make her mark and winds up with much more than she ever bargained for.
Cloud Van Hooten: A Dutch businessman hungry for success, whose dreams have drawn him to this city and whose love for one woman may doom them both.
Moia Hsu: A beautiful Chinese intellectual with ties to Beijing, whose love for Van Hooten and her country are tearing her apart.
These four people--and all the teeming masses of this wondrous place--will face the destiny of Hong Kong together.
And the question all will seek the answer to is...Will the dragon destroy it's most precious treasure?
"Colorful
cameo characters - including a sexy rock singer, a gay male model and a
corrupt police superintendent - contribute to the action, played out against
the well-evoked, exotic scenery of Hong Kong." - Publishers Weekly
August 15, 1996