Killigrew and the Golden Dragon

This installment finds the swashbuckling lieutenant assigned to the suppression of piracy in the far east. His reputation is still with him and makes his superiors a bit distrustful but that does not stop him. He has a job to do and will get it done. The pirates about Hong Kong are causing lots of losses and that is the immediate problem. Someone is feeding them information and many want the British colony to fail. Besides the pirates, the Chinese government is humiliated by its loss in the Opium War and would like to see the western devils brought down a few pegs. So too would some of the taipans who are scheming for ever more wealth and power. Killigrew falls in love in the episode. The results of that foray are even more tragic than those of the first book but lend to the depth and passion of the story. It is a good story and worth reading.