Bones of the Earth is Edgar Award-winning author Eliot Pattison's
much anticipated tenth and final installment in the internationally
acclaimed Inspector Shan series.
After Shan Tao Yun is forced to witness the execution of a Tibetan for
corruption, he can't shake the suspicion that he has instead witnessed a
murder arranged by conspiring officials. When he learns that a Tibetan
monk has been accused by the same officials of using Buddhist magic to
murder soldiers then is abruptly given a badge as special deputy to the
county governor, Inspector Shan realizes he is being thrust into a
ruthless power struggle. Knowing he has made too many enemies in the
government, Shan desperately wants to avoid such a battle, but then
discovers that among its casualties are a murdered American archaeology
student and devout Tibetans who were only trying to protect an ancient
shrine.
Soon grasping that the underlying mysteries are rooted in both the
Chinese and Tibetan worlds, Shan senses that he alone may be able to
find the truth. The path he must take, with the enigmatic, vengeful
father of the dead American at his side, is the most treacherous he has
ever navigated. More will die before he is able to fully pierce the
secrets of this clash between the angry gods of Tibet and Beijing. The
costs to Shan and those close to him will be profoundly painful, and his
world will be shaken to its core before he crafts his own uniquely
Tibetan form of justice.
