Alex Thompson believes she has finally found the peace that she's been searching for. Having left the US Special Forces and settled in San Francisco, she has a job she loves. Devoting her life to teaching, Alex has put her past in the past and has settled into a normal routine of work. An African-American woman born on an Army base in Okinawa, she has spent half her life looking for a safe place to call home. Surrounded by children, this year she planned for things to be different. But as bullets don't have a name on them on the streets San Francisco, everything changes. Trying to uncover the reason behind an ex-boyfriend's murder, Alex finds herself caught up in something that threatens not only her life but also the safety of the two people she has come to love. Xian Liu is a worldly figure in the business world. A self-made man born in the southern countryside of China, he fought his way up from the streets of Hong Kong to become one of the leaders of East International, the world's leading technology conglomerate. Still recovering from the death of his young wife, he turned to work instead of taking care of his son.
