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Kwai Chang Caine is a Shoalin Monk who is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emporer's nephew after that coward killed his teacher in cold blood with a gun. He flees to America both to escape retaliation and to search for his brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, in his travels in the wild west, he can not help but continually run into trouble from desperados and other ruffians as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his skill of Kung-fu martial arts which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land Written by Kenneth Chisholm {kchishol@home.com}

Kwai Chang Caine is the son of an American man and a Chinese woman. After his parents died, he went to the Shaolin Temple and there mastered the art of Kung Fu. One day while with his teacher Master Po, they crossed paths with the Emperor's nephew, who in a fit of rage shot Po. Caine in a fit of rage killed him. He then became a wanted man and fleed to America. Upon arriving he learned that he had a half-brother, Danny, so he set out to find him. At the same he is being hounded by bounty hunters, it seems the Royal family have placed a price on him. As he travels he meets people with problems that parallel his experiences in China that he uses to help them. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com


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