An American face, a Hubei accent. He is Kiri Moros, an orphan abandoned in China who fought his way to power with his fists and a spring-loaded lock. From hauling cargo at Huangshi Wharf to ruling Wuhan's three towns, from crawling out of an air-raid shelter in northwestern Hubei to the blood-soaked alleys of Kowloon's Walled City in Hong Kong, he finally fights his way to an abandoned factory in Detroit. In this era of both opportunity and challenge, he spends half his life on the journey, only to discover that he belongs to no one.