It tells the story of Janet, a supermarket worker who doesn't care about anything, including her life, and Seamus, a self-centered, political broadcaster. They find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
During the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.