A magical, highly suspenseful novel that captures the soul of Tibet. Shan, a former police officer, lives without papers in a secret monastery in Tibet. He is actually waiting to leave the country, but then he receives a mysterious message: a teacher has been killed and a lama has disappeared. Together with an old monk, Shan sets off to the north. He must find the murderer of the teacher. For if the Chinese occupiers use the unrest for a police action, no monastery, no refuge for the Tibetans will be safe anymore. "With this book, Eliot Pattison has made his mark in the first crime series." "The ideal crime novel for anyone who enjoys being transported to exotic worlds.".