*Winner--First Prize in the Colorado Authors League Award, Science
Fiction and Fantasy Category!*
The adventures of Li-lin, a Daoist priestess with the unique ability
to see the spirit world, continue in the thrilling follow-up to the
critically-acclaimed historical urban fantasy The Girl with Ghost
Eyes.
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.
