Water Touching Stone

In Water Touching Stone the sequel to the internationally acclaimed The Skull Mantra Shan Tao Yun is cloistered in a remote Tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain and one by one her orphaned students have followed her to her grave victims of a killer harboring unfathomable motives. Abandoning his mountain hermitage Shan Tao Yun a former Beijing police inspector who has been exiled to Tibet embarks on a search for justice. Shadowed by bizarre tales of an unleashed ''demon'' Shan braces himself for even darker imaginings as he stalks a killer and fights to restore spiritual balance to the ancient and tenuous splendor of Tibet.