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The Geomancer's Apprentice #3
The Corpse Ritual
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum is full of dead things. Now some may be undead …
A brazen robbery takes place at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum at the height of the pandemic. The robbers make off with a 250-year-old Chinese mummy from the museum’s forthcoming exhibition.
Soon, the dead bodies are stacking up.
Joe Tham and Junie Soong’s feng shui business is limping along, not helped by the D.C. government’s Covid restrictions. Joe is still trying to solve his father’s murder, while Junie is leaning into her special powers.
The two underdog feng shui consultants are roped into the museum case. As they dig deeper into the mystery behind the mummy and the museum’s new exhibits, they encounter something monstrous … and hungry.
This may be their toughest case yet. It will stretch Joe’s ingenuity and Junie’s abilities, and push them to their limits.
It may, in fact, be the death of them.
The Corpse Ritual is the third book in an urban fantasy series featuring Asian magic and mysticism, and terrifying monsters from Asian folklore and mythology.
A brazen robbery takes place at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum at the height of the pandemic. The robbers make off with a 250-year-old Chinese mummy from the museum’s forthcoming exhibition.
Soon, the dead bodies are stacking up.
Joe Tham and Junie Soong’s feng shui business is limping along, not helped by the D.C. government’s Covid restrictions. Joe is still trying to solve his father’s murder, while Junie is leaning into her special powers.
The two underdog feng shui consultants are roped into the museum case. As they dig deeper into the mystery behind the mummy and the museum’s new exhibits, they encounter something monstrous … and hungry.
This may be their toughest case yet. It will stretch Joe’s ingenuity and Junie’s abilities, and push them to their limits.
It may, in fact, be the death of them.
The Corpse Ritual is the third book in an urban fantasy series featuring Asian magic and mysticism, and terrifying monsters from Asian folklore and mythology.
- GenresUrban Fantasy
261 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 23, 2022
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About the author
Yin Leong
9 books47 followersYin Leong was a journalist and editor in Washington, D.C., covering regulatory news. She grew up in Singapore listening to her mother’s ghost stories. She knew since she was five years old that she wanted to write.
She now writes fiction full-time. She lives in Virginia with her husband and dog. When she’s not writing, she watches horror and superhero movies, and reads all kinds of fiction. Her favorite authors include H.G. Wells, Stephen King and Ben Tripp. She thinks 'Salem’s Lot is one of the scariest books of all time.
She is the author of The Geomancer’s Apprentice series. Book 2 in the series, The Forgotten Guardian, is now available on Amazon and other ebook platforms.
She also wrote Joss Paper, a collection of short horror stories.
She now writes fiction full-time. She lives in Virginia with her husband and dog. When she’s not writing, she watches horror and superhero movies, and reads all kinds of fiction. Her favorite authors include H.G. Wells, Stephen King and Ben Tripp. She thinks 'Salem’s Lot is one of the scariest books of all time.
She is the author of The Geomancer’s Apprentice series. Book 2 in the series, The Forgotten Guardian, is now available on Amazon and other ebook platforms.
She also wrote Joss Paper, a collection of short horror stories.
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September 18, 2022
Another great story in the series!
I don't know anything about Chinese mythology or folklore besides they have a lot of dragon based stuff. I know, a total ignoramus. But Yin Leong is changing that. Her Chinese folklore based Geomancer's Apprentice series is eye-opening. It follows a Feng Shui consultant, without any true power, who when taking on a distant relation, Junie, as his apprentice, discovers she's inherited the family's dragon power.
In this installment, someone has loosed a Jiangshi, a Chinese vampire, on the city of DC. Since Feng Shui isn't just the art of moving furniture around, but of controlling and utilizing Qi, or life-force, the geomancer and his apprentice are the only ones that can stop this scourge. However, since this isn't a case involving a demon, but a physical being, the usual weapons don't work well, and the vampire quickly gains strength.
Unlike the other tales in the series, this one started a little slow for me. Mainly because I didn't understand how truly evil and scary Chinese vampires are. I got over it fast, for one thing, Jiangshi don't suck blood. They steal Qi. And when they do, they become stronger and stronger until they can't be stopped. What's even scarier, if you are bitten or scratched, and not killed outright, you too become Jiangshi. The reality of the vampire quickly reached horror levels. Absolutely terrifying!
To make matters worse, Pearl, the geomancer's sister is still after Junie to steal the dragon's peachwood sword, the energy devourer, back so she can sell it.
The action quickly builds as friends become infected. It's a race against time, because they must return the vampire to the grave before her friends feed on Qi or they will never come back. And the only way to do that is to find a ritual that has been forgotten in time.
I highly recommend this series. It's interesting, unique, and the full of excitement. Folklore based UF at its finest!
I don't know anything about Chinese mythology or folklore besides they have a lot of dragon based stuff. I know, a total ignoramus. But Yin Leong is changing that. Her Chinese folklore based Geomancer's Apprentice series is eye-opening. It follows a Feng Shui consultant, without any true power, who when taking on a distant relation, Junie, as his apprentice, discovers she's inherited the family's dragon power.
In this installment, someone has loosed a Jiangshi, a Chinese vampire, on the city of DC. Since Feng Shui isn't just the art of moving furniture around, but of controlling and utilizing Qi, or life-force, the geomancer and his apprentice are the only ones that can stop this scourge. However, since this isn't a case involving a demon, but a physical being, the usual weapons don't work well, and the vampire quickly gains strength.
Unlike the other tales in the series, this one started a little slow for me. Mainly because I didn't understand how truly evil and scary Chinese vampires are. I got over it fast, for one thing, Jiangshi don't suck blood. They steal Qi. And when they do, they become stronger and stronger until they can't be stopped. What's even scarier, if you are bitten or scratched, and not killed outright, you too become Jiangshi. The reality of the vampire quickly reached horror levels. Absolutely terrifying!
To make matters worse, Pearl, the geomancer's sister is still after Junie to steal the dragon's peachwood sword, the energy devourer, back so she can sell it.
The action quickly builds as friends become infected. It's a race against time, because they must return the vampire to the grave before her friends feed on Qi or they will never come back. And the only way to do that is to find a ritual that has been forgotten in time.
I highly recommend this series. It's interesting, unique, and the full of excitement. Folklore based UF at its finest!
March 1, 2025
For the love of god, get smarter!
This is the 3rd book and the 2 main characters are just as stupid, bumbling incompetent as they were in the first book
Their success seems to be more from dumb luck than actual skill. The real heroes are the bad guys who occasionally have a change of heart and help the “heroes “ out
This is the 3rd book and the 2 main characters are just as stupid, bumbling incompetent as they were in the first book
Their success seems to be more from dumb luck than actual skill. The real heroes are the bad guys who occasionally have a change of heart and help the “heroes “ out
December 8, 2022
Things just continue to get harder for Junie and Joe. More Chinese mythology and legends, harder and more threatening supernatural enemies, increase of action, danger, and worry for characters, the return of someone beloved and one despised, a blooming romance possibly shattered, and all this on top of the pandemic in D.C.
Amazing! I'm looking forward to the next installment!
Amazing! I'm looking forward to the next installment!
August 20, 2025
While I enjoy the creativity behind the story, the plots are becoming a little repetitive. Junnie and Joe aren't really developing in their experience. It feels like we start from scratch each time something happens. The whole "this is the last time I'll see them" approach is not garnering the emotional response that it may have in book 1. Now they have a new evil competitor to deal with - I think this one is going to last a few books. And, Pearl is even more involved than before. I do plan to read more in the series, but I think I'll wait a bit.
February 26, 2023
Read all three in order
This is full of Asian mythology and action packed. Start with the first in series and prepare to be drawn in quickly.
Junie is a rather underachieving daughter in a family of high achievers. She goes to an interview to please her mother after losing another job. It was what she was meant to be.
Well edited and fast paced, these stories will surprise and delight.
This is full of Asian mythology and action packed. Start with the first in series and prepare to be drawn in quickly.
Junie is a rather underachieving daughter in a family of high achievers. She goes to an interview to please her mother after losing another job. It was what she was meant to be.
Well edited and fast paced, these stories will surprise and delight.
December 21, 2024
Good
Interesting story based on Chinese mythology. My favorite character Hu is in this book . Emma , Elsie and Ch'ng are great characters too. Joe and Junie are a great team. One with the knowledge and the other with the power.
Interesting story based on Chinese mythology. My favorite character Hu is in this book . Emma , Elsie and Ch'ng are great characters too. Joe and Junie are a great team. One with the knowledge and the other with the power.
April 26, 2023
3.5 stars
November 8, 2023
Good installment in the series. Interesting development.
The books are written from third person narrative, but the majority of this book focuses on Joe, rather than Junie.
The books are written from third person narrative, but the majority of this book focuses on Joe, rather than Junie.
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