| Description |
274 pages ; 22 cm |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Magic -- Fiction.
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Martial arts fiction.
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Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction.
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Chinese American families. (OCoLC)fst00857234
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Demonology. (OCoLC)fst00890199
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Guides (Spiritualism) (OCoLC)fst00949046
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Immigrant families. (OCoLC)fst01746411
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Magic. (OCoLC)fst01005468
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Martial artists. (OCoLC)fst01010818
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California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
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California -- San Francisco -- Chinatown.
(OCoLC)fst01322866
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Paranormal fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| ISBN |
9781940456362 (hardback) |
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1940456363 (hardback) |
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