Daughters of the Shining City — Aola Vandergriff

The fiery McLeod sisters have left a legacy of love and adventure to the Daughters of the Shining City

Petra Channing -- ebony-haired, porcelain-fragile daughter of Em's child Martha and the Chinese war lord who abducted her, has wandered into peril in the opium-filled streets of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Missie Navaez -- daughter of Arab, has left Australia and come to San Francisco to become a writer. Her book places the daughters in a different kind of danger. Based on the McLeods' lives, it is a labor of love, but the press sees it as a scandal to be exploited. The telling of the tale could destroy the reputation the daughters have struggled to build through the years.