Chapter 50

Summary

• Struan sees a lorcha sailing towards the Happy Valley dock during a typhoon in Hong Kong
• The lorcha's mast is destroyed by a gust of wind, but the ship remains afloat and makes it to the dock
• Struan and the other sailors help tie the lorcha to the dock and all the passengers make it to the Noble House building
• Inside, Struan finds Horatio and Monsey and offers them food and drink, as well as the lorcha's captain
• The lieutenant arrives and asks why they were on the lorcha in such bad weather, to which Struan replies that they were trying to get to Hong Kong
• May-May arrives and Struan asks her why she was not at the Tai Ping Shan, to which she replies that she stayed behind to protect their home
• The Boston Princess ship is sinking in the typhoon and Cooper holds onto Shevaun
• The ship is washed ashore and Cooper breaks his leg, but Shevaun finds him
• The White Witch ship is also struggling in the typhoon and Brock tries to cut the ropes on the mast, but the mast breaks and falls onto the deck
• Sergeyev on the Russian ship decides to leave Hong Kong and make a deal with the Tai-Pan or Brock, and also considers marrying Shevaun
• Cooper and Shevaun are on the shore and Shevaun finds Gordon Chen's underground bunker filled with valuable items
• Shevaun decides to stay with Cooper.