Killigrew and the Golden Dragon - Jonathan Lunn

1849 Reckless some would any foolhardy acts of bravery are not uncharacteristic ofHMS Tisiphone’s second lieutenant Kit Killigrew. So, when he is instrumental in capturing the infamous Chinese pirate Zhai Jing-mu and releasing his beautiful hostage Peri Dadabhoy en route to Hong Kong, no one is truly surprised.

Upon arrival in Hong Kong, Killigrew is free to enjoy its many pleasures – not least of which is Peri. But then Zhai Jing-mu escapes and Killigrew becomes embroiled in a dangerous race to stop the pirate exacting his revenge on those responsible for his arrest. It is a race that takes Killigrew deep beneath the opulent surface of Hong Kong’s polite society and into contact with the island’s most unscrupulous and ruthless criminal fraternity: Triads, opium smugglers, and those who would risk the lives of thousands to further their own political and financial ends.

For Killigrew the stakes are impossibly high: love, professional integrity and, ultimately, his life, in this second breathtaking adventure of the high seas.