Description |
317 p ; 21 cm. |
Series |
The Daoshi chronicles ; 2
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Summary |
It's the end of the Nineteenth Century. San Francisco's cobblestone streets are haunted, but Chinatown has an unlikely protector in a young Daoist priestess named Li-lin. Using only her martial arts training, spiritual magic, a sword made from peachwood, and the walking, talking spirit of a human eye, Li-lin stands alone to defend her immigrant community from supernatural threats. But when the body of a young girl is brought to the deadhouse Li-lin oversees for a local group of gangsters, she faces her most bewildering--and potentially dangerous--assignment yet. The nine-year-old has died from suffocation...specifically by flowers growing out of her nose and mouth. Li-lin suspects Gong Tau, a dirty and primitive form of dark magic. But who is behind the spell, and why, will take her on a perilous journey deep into a dangerous world of ghosts and spirits. |
Subject |
Magic -- Fiction.
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Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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California -- San Francisco -- Chinatown.
(OCoLC)fst01322866
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction).
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Thrillers (Fiction) (OCoLC)fst01726755
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ISBN |
9781945863097 (hardback) |
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1945863099 (hardback) |
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