Eight stories about the consummate ancient Chinese detective and his assistants Ma Rong, Foreman Hong and Chiao Tai cover the decade during which the judge served in four provinces of the Tang Empire. From a suspected treasonous general in the Chinese army confronting Tatar hordes on the western border, to a murdered poet in his garden pavilion, the cases presented here are among the most striking and intricate in Judge Dee's long and illustrious career. Celestial Detective