The story begins with the discovery of a body of a foreign student, which then leads to a meeting between a senior police officer and a Swiss businesswomen with an intimate knowledge of Swiss banking and its role in international crime. The plot unfolds as together they journey to disrupt the flow of billions of dollars funding the worldwide trade in heroin. Set against a background of international crime and the vast resources of Triad Chinese gangsters, sensitive Triad banking data is hacked, finances mysteriously disappear, apparently stolen before reappearing within competing Triad bank accounts. The actions leap between London, Geneva, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Suspicion grows as senior Triad gang members commence a deadly self-destructive Triad war.