An enthralling tale of courtroom drama and high adventure in Hong Kong in the last year before the Chinese takeover, from the bestselling author of Hold My Hand I'm Dying and Roots of Outrage.

Action, adventure, romance, political insight and dramatic locations - some of the ingredients that have established John Gordon Davis as one of the biggest names in international adventure thrillers. Now he has added his own experience as a lawyer in Hong Kong to create an action-packed tale, filled with powerful courtroom scenes, set against the dramatic background of a city preparing for political upheaval.

Al Hargreave, Hong Kong's high-flying Director of Public Prosecutions, knows his twenty-year marriage is finally at an end when his wife draws a gun on him. To escape the headlines and recover from the physical and emotional wounds, he takes a break in nearby Macao, where he unexpectedly falls for Olga, a beautiful Russian. Soon they are planning a new life together - the only problem is that Olga is a prostitute, and her Russian pimp has other ideas.

Suddenly Olga disappears, and Al is caught in a deadly trap. Either he commits professional suicide by intentionally losing a case against a Russian Mafia boss caught importing uranium to Hong Kong, or he gives up any chance of happiness, and leaves Olga to suffer torture - or possible death - at the hands of her captors in Moscow.