The Cloud Leopard's Daughter

1863: When Kitty and Rian Farrell sail their schooner KATIPO III into Dunedin Harbour, they are on tenterhooks. The new Otago goldfields have attracted all comers, including their friend Wong Fu from Ballarat, who has sent a message asking them for help. To their surprise, Fu reveals he is more than a mere fortune seeker - he is a Cloud Leopard tong master, and when he dies the title will be passed on to his daughter Bao. But Fu's brother wants the title for himself, and has kidnapped Bao and taken her to opium-ridden China, where she will be forced to marry. Kitty and Rian agree to find her, but as they sail closer to their quarry, the stakes jump dramatically. And little do they know that the deadliest threat lies in their midst...