Farewell the Dragon

<p>Nate Scheutt American 35 is pulled into a politically charged murder investigation when he stumbles onto the bodies of two young Europeans on a prestigious Beijing university campus. Gradually Nate discovers the case is entwined with an international quest for a small stone tablet (a stele) that might contain the key to ancient China's long-lost link with the West.</p><p><br></p><p>In the 1980's old Beijing's walls and hutong alleyways were disappearing victims of Deng Xiaoping's proclamation ��������� ���!(To get rich is glorious!). While juggling teaching English his business (and women) Nate seeks refuge at the bar on the roof of the Friendship Hotel with a legation of self-imposed exiles from the both sides of the Cold War. There he enters a netherworld of sex spies strange religion and the hidden history of China's Cultural Revolution.</p>