If you take the king's shilling, you do the king's killing. Problems are stacking up for former police officer Adam Song. His court case for killing a drug lord's son in the line of duty approaches, and it feels like all of Chinatown...and superherodom... are on trial too. The city is a powder keg, and Adam might just be the fire that sets it off. He has to keep his head low and pay his bills until the entire circus...