Arthur Hodgkiss - a master gem thief - is in,London, about to realise his lifelong ambition to,steal the Crown Jewels. But he is mistaken for a,Chinese agent who is in town picking up some,stolen top secret government plans. Enter British,intelligence who put their top man on the job, the,suave, fearless, ladykilling Jerry Cornell. He,becomes involved in a deadly game of bluff and,counter-bluff with a Chinese masterspy - Kung Fu,Tzu - which involves the whole world and a cast of,characters that could only have sprung from the,wildly inventive mind of Michael Moorcock.