The Lord of Death

Praise for the Tao Yun Shan series:
"Majestic."--The New York Times Book Review
"A powerful picture of courage in the face of tyranny."--The Washington Post
"Nothing I've read or seen about how China has systematically crushed the soul of Tibet has been as effective."--Chicago Tribune
Shan Tao Yun is an exiled Chinese national and a former Beijing investigator on parole from the Tibetan gulag to which he had been consigned as punishment. He is ferrying a corpse on muleback over the slopes of Chomolungma--Everest--at the request of a local wisewoman who says the gods have appointed this task to him, when he encounters what looks like a traffic accident. A government bus filled with imprisoned illegal monks has overturned. Then Shan hears gunfire. Two women in an approaching sedan have been killed. One is the Chinese minister of tourism; the other, a blond Westerner, organizes climbing expeditions. Though she dies in his...