"A historical adventure novel that covers the events of the First Opium War and the founding of the British colony in Hong Kong. A large-scale and incredibly engrossing story tells us about the confrontation between two trading clans and the clash of Eastern and Western cultures. The combination of an intriguing plot, a detailed study of mysterious Chinese culture, and vivid, living, contradictory characters brought the book huge success.
The novel went through dozens of reissues, was translated into many languages, and was adapted into film based on the author’s own script."