Publisher's Synopsis
Another outing for Ernie Bascom and George Sue?o, Lim?n?s unforgettable US army investigators. Their beat is Itaewon - Seoul?s neon supermarket of cheap thrills, where brightly painted girls promise a piece of paradise in exchange for a few pieces of silver. But in Itaewon, the path to paradise can take some wicked turns... Herman ?the German? Burkowicz has retired from the US Army for a more lucrative career smuggling Korean artifacts. But the price of one such rarity must be paid by his kidnapped foster daughter, Mi-Ja. Sueno and Bascom advise him to pay the ransom: a priceless skull carved out of jade. The problem is, Herman dosen?t have the skull and Mi-Ja?s abductors are in no mood to wait...
