The Pearl-Seeking Chronicles of the Great Tang

Princess Wanshou of the Great Tang, once showered with imperial favor, died young from illness at the tender age of seventeen. But when a petty thief secretly pried open her eerie underground tomb, he discovered the princess had been buried alive. A grotesque demon-faced mask covered her lifeless face.

Within the palace lurk murderous secrets. The court is rife with treachery. The martial world churns with rising storms, none of which has much to do with our two leads.

You ride the donkey, I hold the rope—like a ragtag *Journey to the West* crew, we trudge eastward in search of an estranged brother.

Our biggest headache? Travel expenses barely cover food and shelter. Every town we reach seems to be in the middle of a major case—and we always end up as the prime suspects.