The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry
Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger
gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and
Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary hold-up.
Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops on the scene, Harry
builds a picture of corruption and intimidation, with the local
triads at the heart of it. But as he tries to build a case and
breach the impenetrable wall of silence in the local community,
he finds he is taking a dragon by the tail - a dragon whose
talons reach well beyond LA, and even the States.