The Green Satchel Guards the Land

A complete supernatural system is built around China's traditional Five Arts: mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination. The flow of qi runs through all things, and the balance of yin and yang is the rightful order of heaven and earth. Feng shui is the fundamental means of regulating qi and connecting yin and yang, while Qimen Dunjia reigns supreme among the arts of divination, able to deduce the workings of fate and control space and time. The feng shui of a grave determines the fortune or misfortune of descendants, while that of a home governs the peace of the household. Feng shui afflictions are malevolent forces created by disrupted qi: at their mildest they can ruin a family, and at their worst they bring disaster to an entire region.

Folk arts and secret techniques have been passed down for a thousand years, divided into orthodox schools and independent practitioners. The orthodox schools include the three major feng shui traditions: the Form School, the Compass School, and the Three Harmonies School; the yin and yang branches of Qimen Dunjia; the Zhu You branch of Chinese medicine; the Mayi School of physiognomy; and the Jing Fang School of divination, among others. Independent practitioners often possess unique secret arts, with abilities ranging widely. Some are recluses who save people in times of danger, while others are wicked masters who cheat and kill for money.

Technology has advanced in modern society, but the principles of yin and yang and the five elements have never changed. The high-rises of modern cities alter the flow of the earth's qi, creating distinctive urban feng shui afflictions. Rural areas preserve more ancient traditions, but also conceal more sinister secrets unknown to the world.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.