While recovering from injuries sustained from a previous crime case in Melbourne, Dan Coltrane notices that many of the prime business real estate addresses in Perth, and other cities on the east coast are being acquired with capital from the Chinese Government. He decides to investigate and discovers that a consortium from China wants to take over large tracts of city properties at any cost including murder. Coltrane tracks the Australians banking fraternity executives who are also involved are are being paid huge sums to co-operate and are on the payroll of the Chinese government, including Australian political ministers, federal and state. He meets Jon Ling Ha, CEO of the Weinway company and his daughter who he is immediately attracted to. Coltrane becomes good friends with Jon ling ha and he falls in love with his daughter, Mei ling and they marry. Coltrane goes to China to persue the Australians involved in the corrupt political business dealings, and while living in Jon Lings family home he is invited to take a senior post in the Chinese Government Security organisation. Coltrane accepts when he sees things more clearly for the first time and he decides to become a Chinese resident, much to the chagrin of the Australian Security organisation and ASIO.