I am a woman of no language I was fed the words my mother ate And then I was told these sentences were not adequate I was taught to speak other than my mother’s tongue That my mother’s words only matter to use when I was young Through the course of four chapters, First Drop of Red speaks about history and identity, existence and survival, love and lust, as well as faith and doubts. It tells stories, it offers perspective, it asks questions, it ignites conversation. Pick it, flip its pages, and let this book surprise you. Seorang kakek misterius mengintai rumah Beno! Beno yang penasaran berusaha mengikuti kakek misterius itu. Tetapi kakek tersebut dikabarkan menghilang setelah bertengkar dengan laki - laki bercodet. Dibantu Sari dan Ito, teman barunya, Beno menyelidiki sampai ke bagian - bagian tua kota Tangerang, tempat tinggalnya. Petunjuk mereka hanyalah guntingan surat tua berhuruf Mandarin. Situasi semakin berbahaya saat Beno dan Sari dikuntit, dan Ito diculik! Apa yang sebetulnya terjadi di kota tua itu? Kenapa sepertinya semua orang amat tertarik dengan guntingan surat tua berhuruf Mandarin itu?