Republican-Era Shadow Tamer: Slaying Ghosts and Gods in Shanghai

In the eerie nights of the Republic of China, I am the last “Night Watchman.”

A Hundred-Eyed Demon wears human skin to commit evil? My shadow puppets peel off its disguise!

An evil god wants to descend and offer up a blood sacrifice? My stage will be its grave!

From ancient tombs in Jinling to the Shanghai Bund, from the Linglong Pavilion to a haunted ship on the Huangpu River.

Every ghost and demon fears the lamp in my hand.

The age cries out, “Science will save the nation.”

But behind me, thousands of shadow puppets howl:

“No. The uncanny things of this age can only be subdued by something even more uncanny...”

Republic of China, suspense, supernatural resurgence, shadow puppetry, decisive and ruthless, ensemble cast, dark, healing, putting scoundrels in their place, satisfying read