New Review at Tor.com: The Shadow Pavilion
Review: The Shadow Pavilion: An Inspector Chen Novel
An Indian tiger-demon porn star rampages through Singapore Three. An assassination plot unveils against Heaven’s progressive new Emperor. Supernatural beings from Hell kidnap his companions. All are part of another dimension-shattering case for Inspector Chen in The Shadow Pavilion.
Liz Williams’ Inspector Chen series takes a different approach from the usual Western concepts of magic and religion, one steeped in Eastern traditions, where the concepts of Hell, Heaven, and the supernatural have a less sectional, more holistic treatment than in the West. As in Buddhist and Taoist traditions, good and evil aren’t thought of as the exclusive dominions of Heaven or Hell, with a muddled middle of human beings; each is part of any individual’s personality, whether they be human, Hellish, or Divine.
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