'The Palmer River goldfield is roaring and Chinese miners flood in, indentured labourers working for a tong, panning gold to honour a family debt.
'They won’t see the spoils of their work.
'Their gold will go home to China.
'Young Fou Yei, a pretty Eurasian girl, is under the service of brothel owner Miss Kate. That is until George Colley steps in and buys her bond for two hundred ounces of gold. Fou Yei belongs to George until she can repay the debt and an uneasy relationship develops between the pair.' (Publication summary)
