Shanghai Story: A WWII Drama Trilogy Book One

A WWII saga in the heart of the world's most decadent city in 1936.

Returning home after studying abroad in America, Clark Yuan wants to see his own country rise like the West.

Eager to lead China into a new era of modernization, he joins the Kuomintang, putting aside his duty to his family's business to help his government usher in democracy.But in the dark world of politics, power and money are at stake.

Every promise of hope demands a price.

How much of his soul will he sacrifice to reach the greater good?Fleeing the Nazi regime, Eden Levine and her family arrive in the dazzling city known as the Paris of the East.

A thriving Jewish community welcomes her as she takes a job as a news reporter.

She meets Clark, the worldly, influential son of a prominent Chinese family, and dares to dream of love across racial lines.

Until a heinous murder shocks the international community.As her investigation takes her deeper into the shadowy corners behind the glamor and glitz, the new life she hopes to build may shatter before it starts.