When the London private detective Nea Fox takes on the job of recovering an inconspicuous item seemingly stolen at random, she has no idea that the theft has set in motion a series of cataclysmic events, whose origins lie many years in the past. The search leads her to the twisted alleys of Chinatown and on the trail of an unscrupulous criminal organization shying away from nothing to destroy the mysterious object. But the more Nea uncovers, the more impenetrable the web of blackmail, lies and murder becomes. When the case finally seems to be solved, a mysterious stranger appears in the city, teaching even the brutal members of the Chinese triads the meaning of fear. A ghost from the past has come to London, and death has followed with it ...