The Shadow Pavilion (The Detective Inspector Chen Novels)
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Rating | : | 4.11 (921 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1597801232 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-01-05 |
Language | : | English |
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Nice entry in the series If you liked the previous volumes of this series, you'll like this one too. The relationships between the various main characters as well as the characters themselves evolved and at the end, Liz Williams opened up the perspective of what can or will come along. "Awesome Awesome 4th M. Wanchoo Series Overview: This series follows Inspector Chen, a mortal living in Singapore three, and a police inspector who tries to keep the peace while dealing with inhabitants of Heaven & Hell at the same time. The world created by Liz Williams is based on Chinese . th" according to M. Wanchoo. Series Overview: This series follows Inspector Chen, a mortal living in Singapore three, and a police inspector who tries to keep the peace while dealing with inhabitants of Heaven & Hell at the same time. The world created by Liz Williams is based on Chinese . "Worth the long wait for it to arrive" according to Joyce Ronquillo. I find this whole series difficult to review because they are so very different from most everything else out there. Suffice to say these books are surreal adventures in a near future Singapore with excursions into Chinese heaven and hell (and this time the In
The plot zips along via short, tightly written chapters, growing more and more intricate with each scene. . Then Chen learns that someone has hired the bigendered demon assassin Lord Lady Seijin to murder Mhara, the new Emperor of Heaven, and that a rising Bollywood star is actually a tigress demon escaped from the harem of the demon who's trying to steal Zhu Irzh's fiancée. His latest set of troubles starts with the disappearance of his partner, the demon Zhu Irzh, along with Chen's wife's badger familiar. From Publishers Weekly The fourth Det. Williams seamlessly blends the occult with modern iss
While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.. Detective Inspector Chen is back! The Snake Agent returns in The Shadow Pavilion, the fourth Detective Inspector Chen novel from Liz Williams.When Chen's partner, the demon Seneschal Zhu Irzh, disappears, along with Chen's wife and Inari's guardian badger, Chen must enlist all of his allies and assets in order to locate them!From the strange streets of Singapore Three to the rough and tumble world of Bollywood, where money flows fast and emotions flare even faster; from the realms of the Celestial to the haunts of the Infernal and all the spaces in-between, The Shadow Pavilion delivers the thrills, excitement, and near-future occult action fans have come to expect.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more