The story follows Nguyen Ngoc Minh, a former Vietcong fighter who later becomes a highly trained mercenary and attempts to build a quiet life in London running a small takeaway restaurant with his family. His past is marked by extreme violence and personal loss, including the death of his daughters during the Vietnam War. When a terrorist bombing carried out by the IRA kills his wife and youngest daughter, he is devastated and finds that official investigations make little progress in identifying those responsible. Driven by grief and a desire for justice, he uses his combat skills and experience to track down the perpetrators himself, setting off a path of calculated revenge that draws him deeper into a world of violence and moral conflict.

Stephen Leather

The Chinaman