Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Company, the oldest and largest of the British-East Asia trading companies. To the Chinese, that also makes him 'Tai-Pan' ('supreme leader') of the 'Noble House'. Unfortunately, with his power, he inherits ancient promises, dark secrets, and deep financial problems on a small island full of people, who want to see Struan fall, so they can become the Noble House. Dunross' worst enemy is the vicious Quillan Gornt, a lesser tai-pan, and he's doing everything in his power to bring the Noble House to ruin. Drawn into the fight between Gornt and Dunross, is an upstart American billionaire, who tries to gain a foothold on the Hong Kong market, and has made a deal to steal something that will give him power, even over the Noble House. Unfortunately, that something has fallen into the hands of a powerful Chinese overlord. 'Everybody was watching (and cheating on) everybody.' Who will succeed in the end?
20 December 1934, Holualoa, Hawaii, USA
19 January 1927, Beijing, China
19 December 1923, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1946, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
5 May 1944, Ammanford, Wales, UK
June1944, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
4 November 1943, Shanghai, China
12 February 1943, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
8 February 1944, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
3 August 1936, West Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
6 September 1952, Escalon, California, USA
3 July 1948, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
4 February 1928, Jamaica
10 August 1964, USA
16 May 1953, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
6 April 1933, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
11 September 1958, Singapore
29 June 1925, Olaa, Hawaii, USA
1956, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2 January 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
28 January 1935, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1947 in London, England, UK
1927, Australia
