Book I Chapter 01

In embarking on a journey to unveil his father's long held secret, a young man finds that in the end, what he discovers is himself.

This story is based on the life of my father. Book II is about 90 percent true. :-)

For those of you who wonder what 'Hainan Dao' means: Hainan is the island at the southernmost tip of China. Dao may mean 'island', though it may also mean 'the way of', as in Daoism or Taoism, or Tae Kwon Dao. Make sense?