
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
New York : Talos, [2016], ©2015.
Format: Book
Description: 286 pages ; 18 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Women mediums -- Fiction.
Good and evil -- Fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Women mediums -- Fiction.
Good and evil -- Fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781940456669
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Boroson | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |