In 1926 China, amidst revolution and exploitation, a gunboat, USS San Pablo, patrols a Yangtze tributary. Engineer Jake Holman, with his iconoclastic and cynical nature, clashes with the "rice-bowl" system and the uneasy coexistence between Chinese and foreigners. Tensions escalate when the boat must break through a river blockade to rescue missionaries at China Light Mission.
The Sand Pebbles
In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer embarks on a perilous rescue mission in war-torn China, navigating treacherous waters from the deck of a gunboat.
