When Hs is sent on a dangerous mission to deliver the annual Tribute to the Mongols, no one is safe, not even the women and children of the household. But Hs is drawn into a political competition for the position of governor, and his opponents target everyone associated with him, including the foreign merchants he has welcomed into his home. Here the companions discover wealth beyond their imagining. Hs introduces Talon to the intricacies of trading in China and the sophisticated wonders of Guangzhou, China's richest city. Treasures beckon at the ports, but Talon and Reza quickly learn that dangers attend every opportunity, and the chance rescue of a Chinese lord named Hs changes their destination-and their fates.
Traveling with him are his wife and son, eager to share in this new adventure, as well as Reza, his trusted comrade in arms. Enticed by tales of lucrative trade, he sets sail for the coasts of Africa and India. Talon, an assassin turned knight turned merchant, is restless.
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