Tom ni umwana usanzwe uba muri Chinatown ya San Francisco hamwe na nyirakuru, utagaragara nk’abandi. Iyo nyirakuru apfuye mu buryo butunguranye, Tom asigara mu maboko y’umujyanama udasanzwe—intare yitwa Mr. Hu. Uwo mujyanama amwigisha amabanga y’ubumaji bwa kera, amubwira ko agomba kurinda ikintu cy’agaciro kitwa Phoenix Egg, gifite imbaraga zidasanzwe. Tom yinjira mu isi y’ibiremwa bihindurwamo abantu, buri kimwe gihagarariye ikimenyetso cy’Ubushinwa (Chinese Zodiac), maze atangira urugendo rwo kuba umurinzi mushya w’iyo mpano.

Ni inkuru y’ubutwari, kwiyakira, n’ubucuti budasanzwe hagati y’umuntu n’inyamaswa, ishingiye ku gitabo cya Laurence Yep.