When ancient Chinese art work disappears in Chicago, Flint Rock gets a call from a University of Chicago professor for help. Flint joins forces with Isabella Norton to track down the paintings and find the killer of a cultural anthropologist who owned them. The hunt takes them to Paris and to Uruguay. Along the way, they encounter an underworld Chinese triad known as 14K. There is also a Mexican drug kingpin who takes on the Chinese mafia. Flint chases a motorcycle thief around Montevideo. After a gun battle in South America, a surprise ending gives the story unexpected resolution.