New York: Village East Books, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Hong Kong in 1857, focusing on Andrew Adams - a "rogue with a social conscience. He's an American seaman, smuggler, and gambler who has settled down to running a buzzing bar called the Bee Hive Tavern in the Chinese section of Hong Kong - a long way in every respect from 'the Peak,' where the wealthy and powerful Europeans who control the island's destiny live." 538 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-966189914.