Lin 'The Silent One' Vu is a gangster andsometimeprivate investigator living in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets.Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.
Through grit and courage Lin has carved a place for herself in theVietnamese underworld where Hanois crime boss, Bao Nguyen, is training her to fight and lead. Bao drives her hard; on the streets there are no second chances. Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory a dangerously addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war.When an Englishman comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friends murderer, Lin's life is turned upside down. She is drawn into the grandconspiracies ofthe neon gods of regimes and mega-corporations as they unleashdangerous newtechnologies.
Lin must confrontthe immutable moralcalculus of unjust wars.She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption.No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.