A Guide to Thai Amulets: The Book of Taboos

From Shandong to Bangkok, from a penniless young man to an expert in “ghost amulets,” he sells more than Buddhist amulets. He sells salvation, and forbidden knowledge.

Wang Zhiguo is a street vendor from Shandong, nearly thirty and so poor he has nothing. His greatest dream in life is simply to find a wife. Then his cousin returns from Thailand, sporting a dazzling gold chain, and shows him a world so bizarre yet tempting he can hardly believe it: Buddhist amulets.

“Come with me to Thailand. This business can change your fate against all odds.”

Longing for wealth and a better future, Wang Zhiguo sets foot in this exotic land, beautiful on the surface yet shrouded in sinister mysteries. His little shop, Zhiguo's Buddhist Goods, opens beside one of Bangkok's bustling markets.

He thinks he's just selling amulets for money, unaware that he has opened a door to an unknown abyss.

Here, the most insatiable desires meet the most desperate pleas for help:

· A gambler seeking a windfall buys a black amulet that turns against him.

· A woman seeking love attracts a “ghost lover” she can't get rid of.

· A junior manager struggling at work discovers someone has placed a “throat-locking curse” on him.

· A glamorous celebrity keeps a weeping Kuman Thong spirit in her home...

From a clueless novice to an interpreter who walks between the worlds of the living and the dead, Wang Zhiguo is forced, under the guidance of a strict master, to study ancient scriptures, identify sinister magical artifacts, and confront bone-chilling curses, evil spirits, and little ghosts.

Every deal is a test of human nature; every intervention is a battle against the darkness.

He must not only help his clients solve their problems, but also, in this bizarre adventure,