Joe Fagan and Walter are hiding away (from their Armageddon Trilogy past) on a remote island in the Philippines. The region, along with much of the world is in chaos. China, no longer the sleeping dragon, is now wide awake and a man known only in whispered circles as the Silent Mandarin is poking its belly with a very sharp stick.

A storm is building and sweeping through the international corridors of power, with far reaching consequences. The Silent Mandarin is determined to shake the world, but his time is limited. He must act now but he needs help from a mythical Chinese Goddess who can give him the vital time he needs.

Fagan is trying to stay out of trouble, but sometimes trouble just comes your way.

When he is pulled into helping a friend, he finds himself in the dark underbelly of a Hong Kong that is about to explode, and comes under the unforgiving eye of the Bamboo Tiger, a powerful Chinese Triad gang. Time is running out for him and the ones he cares about, and as things escalate Fagan finds himself walking a tightrope between shady Chinese politics and underworld power, and between folklore and myth. With each step the situation moves from bad to worse.

But what if the worst is worse than you could ever imagine?