The Skull Mantra

Zusatztext

<p>'Summoning is a dangerous thing. To the old Buddhists, words were the most dangerous weapon of all.'</p><p>Shan Tao Yun is a former investigator for the chinese government who once got a little too close to the truth. Now he breaks rocks in a Tibetan prison camp high in the Himalayas. Only the remarkable courage of the Buddhist monks who are his fellow prisoners give him the will to survive.</p><p>But when a smartly dressed headless corpse is discovered on the bleak moutainside, Shan is forced to become a detective once more. And as he uncovers a web of intrigue involving a beautiful American mining engineer, Tibetan sorcerers, corrupt Chinese officials and the Buddhist Resistance, he begins to realise that far more than his own survival is at stake.</p>

Autorenportrait

Eliot Pattison is a world traveler and frequent visitor to China, whose numerous books and articles on international policy issues have been published on three continents.<i>The Skull Mantra</i>is his first work of fiction and won him the Edgar award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America.

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