Win a Copy of M. H. Boroson’s The Girl with Ghost Eyes
Talos Press released first-time author M. H. Boroson’s The Girl with Ghost Eyes earlier this month, and to help raise awareness of the novel, they’ve given us one copy to give away to a lucky Dread Central Central reader.
Praise for the tale includes: “One of those books you can’t wait to get back to” and “a compelling heroine torn between talent and tradition in a fascinating Chinatown full of monsters, magic, and kung fu.”
Intrigued? To enter for a chance to win, just send an email to contests@dreadcentral.com including YOUR FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest! By entering this contest, you are consenting to allow Dread Central and its subsidiaries use of your email address.
The closing date for entries is 12:01 AM PT, Friday, November 20. Good luck!
Synopsis:
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.
