This novel is a re-interpretation of the Vietnam War through the eyes of the Vietnamese involved in the war, not through the prejudices of Western intellectuals. The views of the latter have been prevalent in the literature for too long and are in need of reassessment. The story took place within the background of a special period of Australian political history that may run the risk of being forgotten altogether if not recorded. Back then, there was an influx of Vietnamese boat people who imported to their new country of settlement, not only their suffering, but also their brand of politics from the former South Vietnam. It's also a story of crimes, politics and their interaction with the consciousness of women empowerment in a particular migrant community. In the aftermath of the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese Communist forces in April 1975, General Duong Khanh, an ex-general of the South Vietnamese army, resettled in the working class city of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. Together with him were his ambitious wife Nhan Ai, daughter Charlie and a handful of fellow ex-army officers. This city included in its embrace the suburb of Cabramatta where the bulk of Vietnamese refugees had been calling home. With the assistance of Viktor Hausberg, a leader of the Captive Nations Council, member of the Liberal Party and eventually NSW Minister for Finance & Ethnic Affairs, Duong Khanh wanted no less than to lead his followers in a struggle to liberate Vietnam from communism ....