Saturday 30 July 2016

The Jade Buddha

It is Hong Kong in the nineteen eighties.
The British Crown Colony is on the verge of reverting to Chinese rule. Life is hectic but tentative; there are fears for the future.
The governments of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are doing all they can to calm local nerves while at the same time pressing Beijing’s rulers to the north for assurances that the rule of law will be maintained.
Beneath the surface other forces are at work; criminal forces dating back centuries but still very much alive. There is a triad war, a war where the winner will amass great power.
Some triad gangs are opportunistic small time pimps and extortionists. Others are extremely well organised and control exceptionally high-value narcotics and other illicit business interests. And they are notoriously brutal to their enemies.
The agencies of law enforcement are involved not just in Hong Kong but across the globe. So too is Simon Garrett; unintentionally but intimately involved. Where not only his life is at stake but others who are dear to him. Their futures are being controlled by a shadowy gangster who will stop at nothing to get what he wants; a green jade Buddha of immense symbolic power.
The Shī fu.

2 comments:

  1. Some welcome exposure for The Jade Buddha in The January Magazine in the US (Vancouver based)
    http://januarymagazine.com/wp/this-just-in-the-jade-buddha-by-rc-heydn/

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  2. A friend in Oz asked me where they could buy The Jade Buddha. So here’s an update on where you can buy it: Right now you can get it from Amazon.com here http://amzn.to/294G7T1 or if you prefer you can buy it from Waterstones here http://bit.ly/29mX92z , Barnes and Noble here (http://bit.ly/29dVoFk, in Foyles here http://bit.ly/2aAG1me , Readings in Australia here http://bit.ly/2akAQFM , on ebay here http://bit.ly/2akCeIM ,Mediander here http://bit.ly/2aAGDrF , Alibris here http://bit.ly/2akCwiQ -- to name some.

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