Shanghai: Three young Americans find themselves caught in the mysterious web of a man known only as “Smith.” In Flatland, they discover they have all lived previous, very violent lives.

Coventry is gone, but Khan is back. This time in the more youthful form of Noel Jagger, a slick, seductive playboy who wastes no time reclaiming his stake atop the criminal underworld of Shanghai.

Jagger gets his hands on a deadly nerve agent developed during WWII, and soon after an entire village of people is decimated. JT and Mitchell set out to find who is responsible, while Smith’s rage reaches a boil.

Briefcase-size nuclear bombs are on the black market in Shanghai. Mitchell goes undercover as a potential buyer, embroiling himself in a triangle of deceit and desire that could easily turn deadly.

A vicious car accident puts a young boy in a coma and leads Mitchell into a divine encounter with the ancient goddess of mercy, Xian Gu. Smith dispatches JT, Linda and Amy to investigate a strain of deadly knock-off drugs, secretly commissioned by Jagger.

Smith closes in on his eternal nemesis Khan, living in post-millennial Shanghai in the guise of arch-criminal Richard Coventry. Caught in the middle is Amy Li, the unknowing pawn in an age-old battle between the ultimate good and the ultimate evil.