Dirk and Tyler continue their rivalry to the end of the book. His son arrives and is being trained to be Tai-Pan when he falls in love with the daughter of his arch-rival, Tyler Brock, giving the story a Romeo and Juliet feel. Dirk risks his life in an effort to save his empire from financial ruin. The Noble House faces financial ruin due to a run on its London bank.
The book, which involves many subplots, follows the adventures of Dirk and The Noble House. Useless to the mandarin - the name given to any official of the Chinese Emperor - in whose province it lay." (Chap. Bordered on the east and on the west by dangerous shoals and reefs.
Squarely in the path of the monstrous storms that yearly exploded from the Pacific. Uninhabited except for a tiny fishing village on the south side. Thirty square miles of mountainous stone on the north lip of the huge Pearl River in South China.
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