After struggling with fertility issues, an American couple decides to pursue international adoption. They are matched with a 4-year-old girl named Sarvari and travel to an orphanage in Goa, India, to bring her home.

A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in her and offers her to help him game the system and make some real money.

The murder of a crewman while ashore in Hong Kong leads his friend and shipmate to partner with a local to find the killer. The murkier back alleys are explored and periodic fights break out as someone wants their investigation to end.