Tom was always made to feel different and weird, being the only Chinese in a white suburb of Boston. When he moves to San Francisco to stay with a distant cousin, what he discovers is a world beyond his wildest dreams; a "new" Chinatown filled with rich young hipsters, fast mopeds and flashy clothes. But behind the glimmer lies a world far more sinister. What is the secret of new Chinatown? And will Tom be sucked into its mysterious undeworld?