End of the nineteenth century. The cobblestone streets of San Francisco are haunted, but Chinatown has a protector: a young Taoshi priestess named Li-Ling. Using martial arts skills, spiritual magic, a peachwood sword, and the talking spirit of the human eye, Li-lin protects immigrants from supernatural threats. But when the body of a girl is brought to the house where Li-lin works for bandits, she is faced with the most astonishing - and terribly dangerous - task. A nine-year-old girl died after suffocating... because of flowers growing out of her nose and mouth. Li-ling suspects dark magic. But the question of who is behind this and why will force her to go on a dangerous journey through the world of ghosts and spirits.