Cheung Fei-Fan

Flashback to 1994, before Hong Kong’s handover to China. As the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force prepares to disband, the kidnapping of a powerful business tycoon ignites a dangerous covert power struggle within the force. Caught in the conflict are two officers: the passionate and righteous M.B. Lee and the cold-blooded and ambitious Peter Choi. Four formidable factions — the city’s wealthiest family, the Poon’s, the police, the triads, and the British authorities — are drawn into a deadly vortex of ambition, betrayal, and hidden agendas. As old alliances fracture and new ones form, Hong Kong stands on the brink of a seismic power reshuffle that will cast a long shadow into the future.

Le Yiyan, a Macau Judicial Police inspector, is devastated when his daughter, Le Jiaqi, is found murdered. Suspect Qiu Junwen, is arrested and convicted, but when another girl is killed months later, Le Yiyan begins to doubt that the real killer is behind bars. Determined to uncover the truth, he reopens the case, uncovering dark secrets and suspicions.