Throughout China, instability has erupted as the Republic has fallen prey to Warlords such as Kahn Xin, who has taken an entire region captive to the opium trade—and has destroyed anybody who dares stand in his way. Kahn's only opponents are the revered Wudang monks, who are willing to risk their lives to safeguard the very essence of China. White Crane, a Westerner who is a spiritual master of the martial arts and a guardian of the innocent, is one of these warriors. Crane has no desire for vengeance until a mercenary army raids the temple and slaughters the revered female Grandmaster Myling, causing Crane to consider vengeance. Crane rises from the ashes of the temple ruins, a burning desire for vengeance burning in his heart. Crane comes into Jane Marshall, a New York lounge singer, and her mob boss, Bingo Quo, who he captures and imprisons. However, it is Bingo's potentially lethal professional links to Kahn that drag both Crane and Jane into the Warlord's den of intrigue. Crane is ready to cross the narrow line between justice and vengeance as he is pulled between the spiritual teachings of the Wudang and the cold-blooded life of an assassin in this novel.
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Throughout China, instability has erupted as the Republic has fallen prey to Warlords such as Kahn Xin, who has taken an entire region captive to the opium trade—and has destroyed anybody who dares stand in his way. Kahn's only opponents are the revered Wudang monks, who are willing to risk their lives to safeguard the very essence of China. White Crane, a Westerner who is a spiritual master of the martial arts and a guardian of the innocent, is one of these warriors. Crane has no desire for vengeance until a mercenary army raids the temple and slaughters the revered female Grandmaster Myling, causing Crane to consider vengeance. Crane rises from the ashes of the temple ruins, a burning desire for vengeance burning in his heart. Crane comes into Jane Marshall, a New York lounge singer, and her mob boss, Bingo Quo, who he captures and imprisons. However, it is Bingo's potentially lethal professional links to Kahn that drag both Crane and Jane into the Warlord's den of intrigue. Crane is ready to cross the narrow line between justice and vengeance as he is pulled between the spiritual teachings of the Wudang and the cold-blooded life of an assassin in this novel.
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