SNAKE AGENT
July 10th 2008 06:48
SNAKE AGENT
A Detective Inspector Chen Novel by Liz Williams
Sometime in the near future Singapore has been franchised and somwhere along the coast of Southern China stands Singapore Three where Inspector Chen devotee of Kuan yin and husband of Inari a part demon escaped from the Chinese version of Hell lives on a warded house boat and works for the police solving crimes involving the supernatural.
A girl called Pearl Tang whose destiny should have taken her soul to Heaven has turned up in Hell instead as a ghost slave and Chen has to work with the demon Zhu Irzh to stop this ghost trade.
The Chinese Hell is a place ruled by bureaucracy and evil where Zhu Irzh feels guilty about pangs of conscience and human blood is a delicacy collected in very strange ways.
Imagine a SF Anime film turning into a novel with elements of satire and horror and you get some idea of the unique flavor of this series!
The next two books are Demon in the City and Precious Dragon.
I managed to obtain Demon in the City at a discount using a Borders voucher and have read Precious Dragon.
Hopefully I can persuade the library to buy Shadow Pavilion which is out now!
I recommend all four in the series! Enjoy!
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