num_pages: 560
description: 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.
language: English
title: Water Touching Stone
titlecomplete: Water Touching Stone (Inspector Shan, #2)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Buddhism, China, Asian Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1381
series: Inspector Shan
publisher: Minotaur Books