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Title	:	The Girl with Ghost Eyes (The Daoshi Chronicles #1)
Author	:	M.H. Boroson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	November 3rd 2015 by Talos
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Fiction. Paranormal

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It’s the end of the nineteenth 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.

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Original Title:	The Girl with Ghost Eyes
ISBN:	1940456363 (ISBN13: 9781940456362)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Daoshi Chronicles #1
Setting:	Chinatown, San Francisco, California,1898(United States)
Literary Awards:	Colorado Gold Award for Best Speculative Fiction

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If John Carpenter ever made a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China and it starred Egg Shen's granddaughter AND that movie was made in novel form, this would be that novel. Great big gobs of fun are to be had upon reading this book.

This one started really good and but just a drag in the mid-section.Li-Lin was requested to go to spirit world to deliver a passport as a favor to her deceased husband's friend, Tom Wong. Once in spirit world she realized that she has been betrayed and this was all a plan to trap her soul there and use her body to kill her father. But after some help she managed to get back to Chinatown. As the story progressed, the plot turns out to be war between two leading gangs of Chinatown. While Li's

October 2019 re read.Finally! The second book has arrived and so time for a reread of this first. The main character is brilliant! She is a woman in The Chinese community of San Francisco during the gold rush. She has kick-ass Kung fu skills and can see spirits but, as a woman has virtually no rights or worth of her own. She is accompanied through the story by some really fun spirit characters. Fabulous and unique read.April 2016Fantastic, fast-paced, original and fun!

The Girl with Ghost Eyes is such a cool novel! It invents a whole new genre, a blend of kung fu, Daoist magic, crazy monsters, tong wars, immigrant narrative, female empowerment, spiritual journey, and social realism. I googled to see what things look like.19th-c Chinatown:Yellow paper talismans:Peachwood sword:Creatures:

In San Francisco during the late 1800s, a young Chinese widow tries to keep her father alive, and win a place in his heart she doesnt realize she already owns. This story is filled with wonderful detail from Chinese folklore and mythology, and plenty of action as two tongs battle to control Chinatown. The very best fantasy employs strong characters who are real people with real problems. I enjoyed every page.Janet Martin, Southern Pines Public Library, Southern Pines, NC

And to think I almost missed this one. Normally Book Bub is a hit or miss (they're terrible when it comes to offering more diverse reads and I know for a fact that there are a LOT of great books with lead characters of color just waiting for a chance to be discovered), but somehow this ended up as an offering and I'm so glad I grabbed it. Needless to say, this would make a killer Netflix series. Strong Asian heroine, a sense of the lives of Chinese immigrants in turn of the century San

Wow. I just loved this book.It was so well-researched and embedded with culture from many sources. So, first of all, hats off to the amazing work that must have gone into crafting such a well put together story while respecting the culture whence it came. The story's gist, while not revolutionary, brought a few new twists and kicks to the "character can see human world and spirit world" that I'm used to, which was greatly appreciated. The characters themselves were wonderful. So fully-formed and