False accusations, blackmail, kidnapping and murder. Revenge out of control becuase of loss of face - a fate worse than death for the Chinese.
Michael Young, a Eurasian born in England is married to an English woman born in Hong Kong. They face the prospects of Hong Kong's handover to China, each from a different perspective, but a more serious threat comes in the form of a false accusation by a blackmailer. A sudden twist brings a far more serious threat from an unlikely source that destroys Michael's career and marriage and leaves him close to death all for the sake of 'face'..