As Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Hong Kong for a state visit, a band of skilled mercenaries plan her assassination. Contracted by an Irish Republican, the international group of hired killers includes a Japanese explosives expert, a Thai boxer, a Filipino sniper and a veteran of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. As the conspirators move to carry out their plot, two police officials work with a young socialite in a race against time to save the Monarch’s head – while also trying to manage a crisis that has brought a huge number of refugees to Hong Kong, including a young Cambodian princess.

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