Human trafficking is something Li Xiu Song knows well. As a girl, members of the Pearl Circle took her from her family in China to be sold as a slave in dark places of America. If it weren't for a kind old man, she would have died soon after. When he found her she was near death. Even so, he healed her and trained her in the ways of Black Crane Wu-shu. Her spirit was strong and she excelled far beyond his wildest dreams. And now, as a member of the Blackbird Society, she has chosen a new path and a new name: Myna. A name and the Chinese underworld of Houston, Texas came to know and hate. For they soon discovered that where darkness hides, Blackbirds fly.