| Author: | Brock Clayards | ISBN: | 9780993912207 |
| Publisher: | Brock Clayards | Publication: | November 26, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brock Clayards |
| ISBN: | 9780993912207 |
| Publisher: | Brock Clayards |
| Publication: | November 26, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Chasing The Dragon’s Tail, set in the days preceding the First World War, takes readers on an adventure from the gritty brick enclaves of Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, to the remote Mexican Coast and back. Redvers Duncan, a former Royal Marine leatherneck, now a Victoria City Police constable, rescues a young woman from the clutches of a vicious opium Tong. Along the way, he is confronted by a spectre of his past, thrusting him into a struggle to prevent agents of the Imperial German navy from sinking the only British capitol ship in the north Pacific, HMCS Rainbow.
The plot, based loosely upon historical events, incorporates lusty rogues, spies, and military action. Ordinary characters become heroes while struggling with the whirlwind events bursting around them. The story features a peek at the brothels of 1914 sub-culture society in Victoria B.C. and opium trade to the United States. Tainted money reached the highest levels of the provincial government.
The reader will find romance, espionage, blackmail, and fast paced naval action, during a period of history which shaped the future of generations to come.
Chasing The Dragon’s Tail, set in the days preceding the First World War, takes readers on an adventure from the gritty brick enclaves of Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, to the remote Mexican Coast and back. Redvers Duncan, a former Royal Marine leatherneck, now a Victoria City Police constable, rescues a young woman from the clutches of a vicious opium Tong. Along the way, he is confronted by a spectre of his past, thrusting him into a struggle to prevent agents of the Imperial German navy from sinking the only British capitol ship in the north Pacific, HMCS Rainbow.
The plot, based loosely upon historical events, incorporates lusty rogues, spies, and military action. Ordinary characters become heroes while struggling with the whirlwind events bursting around them. The story features a peek at the brothels of 1914 sub-culture society in Victoria B.C. and opium trade to the United States. Tainted money reached the highest levels of the provincial government.
The reader will find romance, espionage, blackmail, and fast paced naval action, during a period of history which shaped the future of generations to come.
