Twelve years ago, Phineas O'Hanlon - a mariner who ran and protected opium for a local triad "Three Finger Tang" during the aftermath of The Second Opium War - survived an attack from the living dead. He's spent the last few years of his life attempting to discover the cause of the reanimation. While reading over a newly acquired journal from ancient Rome, O'Hanlon and his caretaker are visited by two law enforcement agents who have questions...