Book description
This is a historical adventure set in the South China Seas during the early years of the 19th century. It follows the fortunes and loves of Cornishman Luke Trewarne, who sailed to China to make his fortune and discovered a country torn apart by the riches.
In the 1830s the China opium trade was a maelstrom of greed, intrigue and misery. It was the way to power and wealth for the men who traded in drug – inducet dreams – and it spawned a conflict that would change the course of Asia’s history.
Luke Trewarne was a young Cornishman who came to China to make his fortune. Instead he fell in love with a country, an ideal – and a beautiful Chinese water gypsy…
