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Dream of the Dragon Pool: A Daoist Quest
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #830957 in Books
- Published on: 2007-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.02 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 335 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
At the start of this simplistic debut fantasy from Dalia, a Western scholar of China, the renowned poet Li Bo (based on the historical figure, Li Bai, A.D. 701-762) is drinking too much and writing too little since his exile from the emperor's court. Accompanied by his friend Ah Wu, a deadly crossbowman, Li Bo seeks guidance at the Dream Temple, where an immortal bequeaths him the magical Dragon Pool sword and assigns him a quest that will restore his literary powers. Li Bo must bring the sword to a rain goddess who inhabits a 12-peaked mountain in the Yangtze River's Three Gorges, but the sword attracts some dangerous characters: a blood dragon and his enslaved golden-haired ghost, as well as a ruthless albino swordsman. The beautiful Shamaness Luo, on a separate spiritual quest, is also headed to the 12-peaked mountain. While the story aspires to romantic chinoiserie, the bulk of it remains stubbornly earthbound.
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