It's the end of the 19th 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.
