The Skull Mantra

DIVThe corpse is missing its head and is dressed in American clothes. Found by a Tibetan prison work gang on a windy cliff, the grisly remains clearly belong to someone too important for Chinese authorities to bury and forget. So the case is handed to veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun. Methodical, clever Shan is the best man for the job, but he too is a prisoner, deported to Tibet for offending Beijing. Granted a temporary release, Shan is soon pulled into the Tibetan people's desperate fight for its sacred mountain and the Chinese regime's blood-soaked policies. Then, a Buddhist priest is arrested, a man Shan knows is innocent. Now time is running out for Shan to find the real killer...in an astonishing, emotionally charged story that will change the way you think about Tibet-- and freedom-- forever.br/DIVDIVSuperb...breathlessly suspenseful.--iKirkus Reviews/i(starred review)brbrA thriller of laudable aspirations and achievements.--iChicago Tribune/ibr/DIVDIVCritical acclaim ranksiThe Skull Mantra/iwithiGorky Park/iandiSmilla's Sense of Snow/ias a novel as much about a people and a place-- the Tibetans of the high Himalayas-- as it is a gripping thriller. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, authorbEliot Pattison/bmasterfully scales the heights of the genre, taking the readers to the top of the world while he chills us to the bone in ...iThe Skull Mantra/i.br/DIV