CHINA 1926 and as Communist opposition to the oppressive Nationalist army grows, this vast and ancient country draws nearer to the brink of a devastating civil war.
On a ship bound for Shanghai, Kate Richmond, a beautiful young doctor, secretly agrees to care for a Communist seaman. Slowly Kate is drawn into the Communist struggle and into the lives of two extraordinary men, Thomas Blake, wealthy adventurer and gunrunner, and Shen Sun Lung, the charismatic revolutionary leader. As Kate's destiny becomes irrevocably entwined with the passions of a divided China, her courage, her ideals and her love are tested to the utmost.