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Snake Agent by Liz Williams
4.0
Snake Agent was a good read. It combines urban fantasy with Chinese mythology and the police procedural.
Detective Inspector Chen Wei works for the police of Shanghai 3, investigating crimes related to the supernatural. In practice, this involves a lot of paperwork as the liaison between the mortal world and Heaven & Hell.
When Chen gets a visit from a woman whose daughter's spirit was waylaid on the path to heaven, Chen stumbles into a criminal conspiracy that will involve him with demons, goddesses, politicians and zealots.
The setting is very interesting in these books. In addition to the concrete existence of the Chinese celestial bureaucracy, the story takes place in some near future. Biotechnology has become important, to the point of using human beings as network nexuses.
A fun read for anyone interested in fantasy, police procedurals and technology.
Detective Inspector Chen Wei works for the police of Shanghai 3, investigating crimes related to the supernatural. In practice, this involves a lot of paperwork as the liaison between the mortal world and Heaven & Hell.
When Chen gets a visit from a woman whose daughter's spirit was waylaid on the path to heaven, Chen stumbles into a criminal conspiracy that will involve him with demons, goddesses, politicians and zealots.
The setting is very interesting in these books. In addition to the concrete existence of the Chinese celestial bureaucracy, the story takes place in some near future. Biotechnology has become important, to the point of using human beings as network nexuses.
A fun read for anyone interested in fantasy, police procedurals and technology.