August 1944 a DC3 Dakota flies through heavy rain towards Chungking, Southern China, taking Mao Tse-Tung to a meeting with Lord Mountbatten that could change the course of history London, 1993 as communist China prepares to reclaim Hong Kong, British Intelligence finds a document, the Chungking covenant, which would extend the lease on the colony for another hundred years Sean Dillon, former IRA enforcer now working for the British, must track it down before Mafia-Based interests with billions invested in Hong Kong can use it for their own ends