South by Southwest: Jessica is mixed up in plot to steal government secrets. A Story to Die For: Jessica tries to solve the mystery of a former KGB officer's death. The Last Free Man: Jessica's trip to Virginia uncovers an old family mystery. The Celtic Riddle: Jessica travels to Ireland to claim a family inheritance.

The adventure continues for Kwai Chang Caine, a Shoalin priest trained in the wisdom and warfare of China's ancients, following life's path in the American west of the later 1800s.

Kwai Chang Caine is a Shoalin Monk who is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emporer's nephew. The nephew had killed Caine's teacher in cold blood with a gun like a coward. Caine flees to America both to escape retaliation and to search for his brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, he can not help but to continually run into trouble from gun fighters and others as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the...