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After her sister is raped and killed, Chinese Norwegian Lily Wong devotes herself to becoming kunoichi—a female ninja. She vows to protect women and children victims of abuse. When plans to help a Ukrainian woman and her young son flee an abusive mobbed-up husband go awry, Lily is drawn to a newspaper article about another woman in need—Mia Mikkelsen. As she investigates the man Mia has accused of trying to kill her, Lily faces a tangled web that leads back to the Ukrainian mob. Who is in danger?

In a powerful story that examines one of our nation’s greatest challenges, Cha (“Juniper Song” trilogy) introduces readers to the families of Shawn Matthews and Grace Park—two strangers bound by the same tragic events. The story opens with 13-year-old Shawn living in 1991 Los Angeles, a city pulsing and explosive with racial tension after the Rodney King beating.