The Iron Khan

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A supernatural mystery set in Singapore featuring a detective whose beat reaches to the fringes of Heaven and Hell, by the author of Snake Agent (Booklist).
No mortal has ever heard of the Book, and few in Heaven even believe it is real. Instead, they regard the stories of a bound volume older than time itself as something of a creation myth. But Mhara, the Emperor of Heaven, knows the Book is very real, very powerful, and very much missing. It has a mind of its own, and it appears to have wandered offtaking the secrets of the universe with it.
To find it, Mhara calls Detective Inspector Chen, a supernatural sleuth with previous experience in saving the universe. Chen has a lot on his plate at the moment: His wife is pregnant, his demonic partner is tracking the movement of an immortal horde, and he hasnt had a vacation in years. But for the sake of the Emperor, hell do his best to return order to the cosmos. If he doesnt, who will
The Iron Khan is the final volume of the Detective Inspector Chen Novels, which begin with Snake Agent and The Demon and the City.

Reviews

Williams seamlessly blends the occult with modern issues like feminism and illegal immigration to create a thoroughly original fantasy. Publishers Weekly on The Shadow Pavilion
Original and stirring. Bookliston Snake Agent
[Williams] turns the conventions of good and evil on their ear and gives them a sharp boot in the rear. Jay Lake, author ofRocket Science, onThe Demon and the City

Author Bio

Liz Williams is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is codirector of a witchcraft supply business. The author of seventeen novels and over one hundred short stories, she has been published by Bantam Spectra and Night Shade Books in the US, and by Tor Macmillan in the UK. She was a frequent contributor to Realms of Fantasy, and her writing appears regularly in Asimovs and other magazines. She is the secretary of the Milford SF Writers Workshop and teaches creative writing and history of science fiction.