It is common for the military, government and police to collude in Burma, and Adam was prepared for the Burma Police Commissioner to come, which, to put it mildly, came quite a bit slower than he expected.

It seemed that this new Commissioner was not competent.

In this region of the Golden Triangle, any force that wasn't tough enough wouldn't survive more than three months.

"Come on, go out and take a look."

As soon as Adam went out, he saw a row of men in police uniforms standing at the entrance, led by a man of about forty with a round face and a broad body and a dark...