Chapters 11-12 Summary

The large Asian welcomes Webb/Bourne, asks for his gun and offers a seat. Ostentatiously displaying a gold Rolex and matching cuff links, the taipan explains that shooting at Liang is a ruse, confirms Yao Ming is one of his aliases, and admits that he knows Webb/Bourne has not killed his wife. He has kidnapped Marie to motivate Webb/Bourne to find and capture a new Bourne, who is causing the taipan grief. The imposter has studied the original's tactics and methods carefully. Turn the imposter over to be tortured and killed and Webb/Bourne wins his wife's freedom. He must not go to Macau because this would implicate the taipan. He provides Webb/Bourne the names of the known victims in the cabaret (where the taipan had been scheduled to be) and their (and the taipan's) known enemies. Finally...