The jade dragon seal of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, would be the most valuable ancient artefact to ever come from the Middle Kingdom, that's if they can find it. For over two thousand years the secret hiding place of the jade seal has been just that - a secret. But the accidental destruction of a small antique porcelain pillow reveals the secret, and leads the young Australian teacher and his Scottish friend away from their peaceful college at Nandaihe on the shore of the Bo Sea, drawing them up into the freezing bleakness of the jagged mountains of Huangshan as they try to locate the ancient tomb where a faithful retainer to the emperor had hidden the jade seal, hiding it far from where the long dead emperor is believed to still lie in state.  But not only must the two friends find the hidden tomb carved into the living rock of one of the jagged peaks of Yellow Mountain, they must also outwit and elude those who would steal their secret, and their lives.