15-year-old Charlotte Stewart arrives in Shanghai in 1870 and discovers that her missionary parents have been murdered by an International cabal. Charlotte is kidnapped and sold to the French nuns in Tientsin. Her amah, Doh-Tzi, rescues ...See more15-year-old Charlotte Stewart arrives in Shanghai in 1870 and discovers that her missionary parents have been murdered by an International cabal. Charlotte is kidnapped and sold to the French nuns in Tientsin. Her amah, Doh-Tzi, rescues her during the Tientsin Massacre and takes her to her brother Ling Fang, a former Ming prince who is now a notorious pirate. Having no use for females aboard his ship, Ling Fang raises Charlotte as a boy named Shar-Li. When she turns 21, Ling Fang and Doh-Tzi tell Shar-Li the truth about her parents' murder and send her back to Shanghai as a woman to exact her revenge.
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