Dragon's Blood by Henry Milner Rideout was first published in 1909. One of the heroes of the story is a twenty-two year old German man by the name of Rudolph Hackh who, green and untried, is making his first trip to China as an agent for Fliegelman and Sons. On the last leg of his journey to the village of "Stink-Chau" he meets the book's other hero -- the indefatigable and ever-cheerful, Maurice Heywood. Heywood introduces Hackh to the beauties and dangers of this unknown land and will prove to be Rudoph's greatest friend; standing with him through fire and blood under the shadow of a dragon-shaped mountain.