The second book in 'The Butterfly Trilogy'. The period: 1800 - 1870. The Spanish Empire is crumbling. War and revolution are raging on three continents. Tomas de la Cruz, an orphan, adopted by a Spanish General and his wife, seeks to discover and understand his past and the mysterious medallion left to him by his father. His journey takes him from the New World to secret Andalucia and to the sacred Mount Tai in China where he relives his father's journey and learns the secrets of the Taoist Grand Celestial Masters. A gamekeeper's son from Scotland, a power hungry General and even Simon...