Description:
It is 1930 and piracy is rampant on the South China seas. Murderous bands of cutthroats roam the Pearl River Delta and coastal shipping routes, an ever-present menace to the trade of Hong Kong and beyond. Globetrotting journalist Aleko E. Lilius sets out to infiltrate these mysterious pirate gangs, and eats, sleeps and of course sails with them, delivering a sensational, rollicking tale of adventure.
Review Quotes: Lilius's forgotten classic reads as boldly and bloodily as a Chinese Treasure Island. What is perhaps most remarkable about this extraordinary piece of journalism is that the writer lived to tell the tale. --Adam Williams, author, The Dragon's Tail