1978. Humanity teeters on the brink of a new war.
Captain of the Russian Imperial Navy Vladimir Vorontsov is not just an officer. He operates in a gray zone between services, carrying out assignments that are never recorded in reports. His mission is to get on the trail of General Tachachiro Ishii, the deranged creator of biological weapons capable of wiping out entire peoples. The investigation’s threads lead to Hong Kong— a city where cultures and interests collide, and where corrupt police have long been playing by the Mafia’s rules.
Caught in a meticulously prepared ambush, Vorontsov is forced to join forces with an old comrade—a bold American DEA agent, Bill Morgan. Together, they take on overwhelming forces: the yakuza, British colonial authorities, and mercenary killers without remorse or principles. Under tropical downpours and amid the roar of automatic gunfire, they must push through Hong Kong’s blood-soaked streets in time to bring the truth to the world.
But the truth proves far darker than anyone expects. In the jungles of Indochina, “the perfect weapon” is already being brought to readiness, while in the Far East, young midshipmen—the future support of the Empire—still don’t realize that their first training voyage will become the entry ticket to a deadly game.
“Further Living with Dragons” is a tense spy thriller about honor and betrayal, about trying not to lose one’s human face where treachery is just the usual currency. A journey into an alternative history where the Russian Empire did not fall—and death waits behind every turn.