In Washington State, the trial of Kabuo Miyomoto, a Japanese-American fisherman accused of murdering another fisherman, Carl Heine. The prosecution charges the murder was committed as revenge for the Heine family taking Miyomoto's land at the outbreak of World War II and the novel traces the different reaction of the white and yellow communities. By the author of The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind.

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A shipping container full of Chinese immigrants, some dead, some alive, is picked up by the Coast Guard after a typhoon. Inspector Lou Boldt of the Seattle police is put on the case and discovers a Chinese smuggling ring which operates sweatshops and brothels.