The first half of the 20th century was not kind to the island nation of Parubalatang, in the South China Sea. Now stepping out from the wreckage of the Second World War, the last descendants of the Cobra Marked King can rebuild their lives on the sunny side of the American Century. Young Stephen See leaves his homeland to make a better life for himself in California, not realizing the psychological price he's paying until it's too late. And his big sister Star, left holding the bag at home, grapples with cut-throat local politics while trying to find a romance that her nation can tolerate.
In the next generation, Cam was sailing to rock stardom. He wrote a pop song that hit #24 on the Billboard charts in 1979! But when he drinks his big break away, his father ships him back to Asia to sober up. Now Cam's marooned on an island in the South China Sea. There Cam learns that, since his father was once the king, he could claim the island's ancient title, the Shark Lord, if he learns to sing with the sharks. What he discovers makes him some powerful enemies. Sharks in oceans are pussycats, compared with the predators in international politics. But his most dangerous enemy is in his own mirror. Cam's got a lotta names, and one of them is addict.
