James Goodfellow left the police because of his narcolepsy. As a private investigator, he helps a Chinese friend whose brother is murdered for a mysterious ceramic plate. This proves to be a clue to the whereabouts of invaluable antiques of the Shou dynasty. In tracking the three-thousand-year-old artifacts, James uncovers a plot by the Illuminati to develop a lethal virus that eliminates all defenses against disease. In preventing a cataclysmic destruction of the Asiatic people, he is helped by a Triad assassin and, in doing so, becomes the target of three groups who want him dead. While fighting for survival, James's viral condition keeps triggering sleep at the most inopportune moments.