Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered. The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have a complex relationship with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of the Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered. The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have a complex relationship with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of the Triads’ attention, and soon the police and FBI have him on their radar. Cape quickly realizes he’s screwed if he doesn’t find out what really happened on board the ship. He soon seeks the aid of two neurotic cops, a drug lord, an autistic computer genius, a mayoral candidate, and a reporter with sentient hair.
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Plenty of symbolism is revealed, as is it often in Asian culture, from scorpions meaning and use, to snakes, to numerology and more, all revolving as the title suggest to the myth of the dragon, whom as some of you may already know has a significant importance in the Asian culture. It's quite obvious that the author is keen of the Asian culture, well acquainted with and did some intense research about every topic touched in the book. And this makes the book pleasant and educative at the same time. There is a plot, developing with plenty of twists and turns, great characters with their own agendas, and even more, there is great humor inserted in the characters dialog from time to time and that brings even more color to the whole picture. You'll travel back and forth in present time and with some flash-backs between San Francisco - China Town mostly and Hong Kong and this gives a flavor of realism, especially since I for one, was pleased to find described a real life landmark in San Fran, the broken bow and arrow on the pier park.