Janzene threw off his blanket and leaped to his feet, reaching the body shortly after it fell. A pool of blood was forming on the man's garment. Janzene looked at his assailant. Of all the people to attack him, he had expected least of all a Chinaman.

Why had his visit to the Chinese area aroused such desire to kill him?

What could the scroll he possessed contain?

He shook his head.

What had he gotten himself into?