Follow the Dragon - (Dragon Stories) by John Daniel (Paperback)

About the Book

Follow the Dragon, an Historical Novel of British Hong Kong. 1980. Jake Salter returns for his father's funeral and discovers a secret bargain made in WWII between his father and a now aging Chinese billionaire called the Dragon. Stemming from true-life events in the war (the British SOE and the BAAG), the lives and fortunes of Jake and the Dragon are threatened by a secret society, as the son's life is forever changed by desperate events in the colony off the coast of China.

Book Synopsis

ATTEND HIS HONG KONG FUNERAL
THEN UNCOVER HIS SECRETS...

Follow the Dragon, an historical novel of British Hong Kong, hurtles from true events in south China during WWII to thirty-five years later in the colorful British colony.
In 1980 Jake Salter returns to Hong Kong for his father's funeral and vows to unearth a problem cryptically hinted in their last phone call. Jake finds secret WWII journals with his dad's personal wartime history: the British SOE's Operation Remorse and the British Army Aid Group -- the BAAG. The enlightening entries include saving the life of Commander M.T. Kwan.
Kwan, now an elderly billionaire called the Dragon, convinces Jake to step in for his deceased father to help confront an existential threat, resulting in Jake risking his life on an outlying island during a typhoon and facing a dogged Royal Hong Kong Police Inspector's related investigation. Jake and Kwan realize their family names and fortunes may encounter monumental disaster as his dad's cryptic problem is revealed.

Review Quotes

Daniel delivers a first-rate adventure and mystery that's well paced and skillfully plotted. The narrative is awash in local color, which makes sense, given that the author spent time in Hong Kong during his 20-year banking career... reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.

About the Author

The author spent twenty years as a banking executive, mostly in Asia and London. There were two tours in Hong Kong; he felt in many ways the most interesting and exciting assignments. Certainly a great deal of the story, Follow the Dragon, results from real experience in the colony.
Two other fiction projects are in progress, both in south China and related to true events in WWII.
The author and his wife live in Houston. Among other things, he is a long time member of the Asia Hands Society of New York and the Historical Novel Society. His website is jwdbooks.com.