Follow the Dragon

PUBLISHED AUGUST 20, 2024

ATTEND HIS HONG KONG FUNERAL 

THEN UNCOVER HIS SECRETS… 

Follow the Dragon, a novel of historical British Hong Kong, hurtles from true events in south China during WWII to thirty-five years later in the colorful British colony. 

In 1980 Jake Salter returns to Hong Kong for his father’s funeral and vows to unearth a problem cryptically hinted in their last phone call. Jake finds secret WWII journals with his dad’s personal wartime history: the British SOE’s Operation Remorse and the British Army Aid Group — the BAAG, including saving the life of Commander M.T. Kwan.

M.T. Kwan, now an elderly billionaire, called the Dragon, convinces Jake to step in for his deceased father to help confront the threat of a dangerous Chinese Triad gang; resulting in Jake risking his life against the Triads on an outlying island during a typhoon.  After trying to purge the Triad, they must face a dogged Royal Hong Kong Police Inspector’s related investigation. Jake and Kwan realize how close their family names and fortunes are to monumental disaster, stemming from his dad’s cryptic problem.

Remembrances, etc.

PRIVATE MEMOIR

In 2021 the author published a long-planned memoir called Remembrances, etc. The first half is a collection of vignettes, largely from his many years overseas and including such topics as Avoiding a Super Tanker in a Sailboat with No Wind, Comments on the Reasoning for Japanese Conduct in WWII, The Spies of Hong Kong, and The Trackers on the Yangtze. This first half was created from the style of his father’s memoir, The Life and Times of Jack Daniel.

The second half of the memoir is a chronological autobiography which covers being raised in Texas, the overseas years from Asia to London and back to Texas, the years of oil painting, travel notes, and family thoughts.

This memoir was published in a limited hardback edition, and included imported Japanese paper, maps and color photos throughout.