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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Girl with No Face (2019)di M. H. Boroson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Returning to the world of "The Girl with Ghost Eyes," Boroson pretty much picks up right where he left off, as Xian Li-Lin, Daoist priestess, is presented with the corpse of a girl who was suffocated by a plant growing out of her. From there the plot moves out fairly briskly as Li-Lin and, eventually, her embittered father, are drawn into a grand plot to wield supernatural power. If you liked the first book you will like this one even better, as there was some clunky writing in what was apparently Boroson's first novel. I do wonder where Boroson is ultimately going to take this series (now described as a chronicle), as I do get some sense that Li-Lin is already getting over-powered rather quickly, a chronic problem of urban fantasy protagonists in general. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"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"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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