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The Girl With Ghost Eyes
M.H. Boroson
Talos
November 2015
On Sale: November 3, 2015
Featuring: Li-lin
288 pages
ISBN: 1940456363
EAN: 9781940456362
Hardcover
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It's the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco's
Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of
Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the
daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow
burdened with yin eyes--the unique ability to see the spirit
world. Her spiritual visions and the death of her husband
bring shame to Li-lin and her father -- and shame is not
something this immigrant family can afford. When a sorcerer cripples her father, terrible plans are set
in motion, and only Li-lin can stop them. To aid her are her
martial arts and a peachwood sword, her burning paper
talismans, and a wisecracking spirit in the form of a human
eyeball tucked away in her pocket. Navigating the dangerous
alleys and backrooms of a male-dominated Chinatown, Li-lin
must confront evil spirits, gangsters, and soulstealers
before the sorcerer's ritual summons an ancient evil that
could burn Chinatown to the ground. With a rich and inventive historical setting, nonstop
martial arts action, authentic Chinese magic, and bizarre
monsters from Asian folklore, The Girl with Ghost
Eyes is also the poignant story of a young immigrant
searching to find her place beside the long shadow of a
demanding father and the stigma of widowhood. In a Chinatown
caught between tradition and modernity, one woman may be the
key to holding everything together.
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