xv, 272 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Songs to the Precious One -- Sacred vows -- Forged by mountains -- Escape -- Forbidden kingdom -- Lhasa -- Turquoise Goddess -- Snakeheads -- City on the mountain -- The insider pass -- Murder of ravens -- Bardo: the in-between state -- A dark secret -- Captured by the Wujing -- The responsibility of enlightenment -- A lie uncovered -- Kundun -- Determination -- The razor's edge -- The restless Himalaya -- The price of freedom.
Summary
A journalist investigates a cold-blooded murder at a Mt. Everest base camp in Chinese-occupied Tibet, a probe during which he learns about the lawless world in the shadows of the world's tallest peaks.