A guided tour of the People's Republic, Aunt Sonya had said: US-China Friendship Study Tour Number Five, arranged by the China Friendship Society, an organization in which she was involved.
Why not get away from it all? Moses Wine figured. A trip anywhere might succeed in pulling him out of the rut in which his life had seemed to settle. At least it would get him away from personal injury cases, murder investigations and the feeling that boredom and alienation were about to become his constant companions.
But China has a way of springing surprises, and soon California's hippest, ex-radical detective is chasing down the priceless Han Dynasty Peking Duck, falling for a gorgeous dragon lady in a Mao suit and fighting for his life across a vast, mysterious land he barely knows . . .
