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Friends since childhood, Anais Darnby and Lindsay Markam have long harboured a secret passion for one another. When they finally confess their love, their future together seems assured, sealed with their searing embrace. But when a debauched Lindsay is seduced by a scheming socialite, a devastated Anais seeks refuge in another man's bed while Lindsay retreats to the exotic East. There, he is seduced again- this time by the alluring red smoke and sinister beauty of opium. Back home, Lindsay's addiction is fed by the vogue for all things Oriental- especially its sensual pleasures- in fashionable London society. In his lucid moments, Lindsay still lusts after Anais, who can neither allow him near nor forget his smouldering touch. Tortured by two obsessions- opium and Anais- Lindsay must ultimately decide which is the one he truly cannot live without.