Pilots Henry and Maria, reeling from the consequences of Prohibition, are in a world that's changing faster than they can keep up. Caught in a conflict between the Mob, the U.S. government, Mao's Communists, China's Kuomintang, Russia's Red and White armies, and the Japanese Imperial Army, they must balance their internal struggles with the world's conflicts going on all around them. Join them in this harrowing epic novel that spans the globe during the great upheaval known as 1936.