The girl with ghost eyes / M. H. Boroson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boroson, M. H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic--Fiction.

Magic.

Martial arts fiction.

Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Fiction.

Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.).

Chinese American families.

Demonology.

Guides (Spiritualism).

Immigrant families.

Martial artists.

California.

California--San Francisco--Chinatown.

Genre:

Fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Physical Description:

274 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Talos Press, 2015.

Summary:

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 great shame to Li-lin and her father. 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 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 woman 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.

ISBN:

9781940456362

1940456363

9781940456454

1940456452

OCLC:

926105046

Publisher Number:

99969121710