In Shanghai, an aging socialite's infatuation with her ex-boyfriend manifests itself as a risky game, where her former lover agrees to seduce, then abandon a naive young woman.
The abduction of Hamilton's 7-year old god-daughter Nathalie awakes painful memories. When the Swedish authorities remain passive, Hamilton is forced to take action.
Vincent, a cop with a connection to the criminal underworld finds his secret life exposed when he and his partner are caught stealing cocaine from a powerful drug dealer.
Yang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.
Special agent Hamilton goes undercover and joins a Russian mafia organization that smuggles Swedish weapons to terrorists. Suddenly they are attacked by an unknown group of heavily armed men.
While covering the Nobel Banquet, a crime reporter witnesses a spectacular murder. Soon she will understand how far people are willing to go to get that most prestigious prize of all.
A time of great uncertainty and turmoil exists for the people of Ukraine in 1941, with the divide between social and religious groups at an all time high.
When a Swedish Judge discovers that almost all of the 18 victims of a mass murder are related to her, she starts an investigation of her own. Her search for the killer leads her to China.