The Astor House of Old Shanghai Copyright

On the eve of the 20th century, an American Marine on the run from a crime committed during the Spanish-American War seeks refuge at The Astor House in Shanghai. Alone and weary, he tries to settle into the familiar Western surroundings of his hotel room. But a knock on the door by a British agent will lead to a deadly choice that will cast him deep into what will become the Boxer Rebellion of 1899.