In 1984, a reporter's assignment to cover the war between the dragon tongs in Chinatown San Francisco leads him on a journey to hell when he discovers that nothing is as it appears. It seems that vampires rule the shadows. When he investigates the murder of a loved one, he must forge an uneasy alliance with the Red Dragon tong, and learns that he is more than human. But when he is captured by the Black Dragons, he must fight to save the life of the woman he loves. Legends of The Dragon's Blood is a series of science fiction adventure novels featuring alien vampires who come from a planet called Antellus, located somewhere in the Cygnus constellation. Each book relates the adventures of their descendents, some of whom traveled to Earth in the remote past, and who are caught in the middle of events they have witnessed. The common theme of the vampire as hero is the center of each story.