
The Spirit Thief
Rachel Aaron
2010

Barry Hughart · 1984
248 pages
In an ancient China that never was, a plague falls on the children of a village. Number Ten Ox seeks the sage Master Li, a scholar with 'a slight flaw in his character', and the two set off through ghosts, gods and bandits to find the one cure that can save the children.
Trickster, Quest, Ancient World, Mythology Retelling, Whimsical