4.5
Fantasy & SciFi
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.
With hard historical realism and meticulously researched depictions of Chinese monsters and magic that have never been written about in the English language, The Girl with No Face draws from the action-packed cinema of Hong Kong to create a compelling and unforgettable tale of historical fantasy and Chinese lore.
© 2020 Tantor Audio (Ljudbok): 9781541440722
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 juni 2020
4.5
Fantasy & SciFi
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.
With hard historical realism and meticulously researched depictions of Chinese monsters and magic that have never been written about in the English language, The Girl with No Face draws from the action-packed cinema of Hong Kong to create a compelling and unforgettable tale of historical fantasy and Chinese lore.
© 2020 Tantor Audio (Ljudbok): 9781541440722
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 juni 2020
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Angelica
1 mars 2024
En mycket spännande och fascinerande historisk fantasy som också är lörorik. Här får man insikt i en version av daoismen och dess legender och trosuppfattning, bland annat om demoner, andar, förhäxningar, pappersbrännoffer, andevärlden, helvetet som ett hav av blod, m.m. Man fick också lära sig mer om såväl kinesiska immigranter i USA och hur de utnyttjades som om de kineser som såldes som slavar i Sydamerika. Karaktärerna är välskrivna och handlingen spännande. Mycket bra uppläsare! Rekommenderas för den som gillar asiatisk mytologi.
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