It was the deal that comes once in a lifetime.

He is asked to go to China to find the contact who could make it all happen. Millions of dollars are at stake and there are Arab Princes, big investors from Canada and the US, American spies, and Chinese power brokers involved. Finding the right contact involves calling in personal debts and favors.

His return to China revives old issues and creates new ones. He must deal with a moneylender and buy a woman to free her from bondage. He takes a detour on his way to Beijing to visit BJ in Harbin. At the Canton Fair he meets again with Megan and he promises to take Yasha to Vietnam.