Roots of Power

Beneath the surface of global trade lies a deadly black market built on ginseng - a prized root fueling ruthless deals and brutal betrayals. From smoky Hong Kong basements to Kentucky's backwoods hills, three powerful Dons rule an empire that spans generations and borders. But when buried secrets rise to the surface, everything begins to unravel. Power shifts. Allegiances shatter. And those who once were the hunters now find themselves the hunted.

The Whitill twins have left the ginseng game behind, but the underworld hasn't gone quiet. Power shifts fast in the black-market ginseng trade. Li Chen and his son, Leo Li are tightening their grip, silencing rivals and buying loyalty with blood. In the hills of Kentucky and the shadows overseas, The Manroot Mafia rises — corruption at its core, violence in its wake.

In Kentucky's mountains, ginseng is worth more than gold--and men will kill to control it. What begins as a fight over roots buried deep in the soil twists into something darker, where the harvesting no longer stops at plants. When the trade in wild collides with an even more sinister, lucrative market, trust disappears, bodies vanish and survival becomes the only rule.