Jiang Shi

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"I liked to call it my 'dirty little secret.' Not that 'little' was the word of course. Understatement had always been a vice of mine; now however I had another. For when the captain of an opium clipper is slowly killing himself with his own cargo, it's something he can be excused for wanting to keep hidden. Could you call it a weakness? Some might. Could I have stopped? Maybe, if I wanted to go mad in the process. For if you'd ever experienced the kind of pain that makes you think you'd rather die than carry on living, then perhaps you'd understand why I did it."

Daniel Getty, captain of The Reliant, knows that his secret cannot stay hidden for long. He also knows that he cannot stop. So when he hears about a house in Shanghai, where healers keep closely-guarded remedies that can ward off pain and bring relief from the daily agony of his existence, he knows it is his only chance.
Yet it is a decision he will regret. For the true source of their powers is not of this earth, and their cures come at a cost - one that will make him realise there are things beyond mere physical pain to make a man wish he could escape reality once and for all.