To Chase A Dark Shadow

Vacationing with his relatives, an affluent businessman discovers that his perceptions of beauty and tranquility of the north are mere illusions. Although fully cognizant of the evil reality within their community, none of the relatives disclose the fact that the dark shadow of the werewolf chokes the land. A devastating supernatural event changes one man’s destiny forever. His opulent world shatters like a delicate crystal glass falling upon an unforgiving marble floor. Destiny offers him a new profession. Out of the murky depths, a werewolf hunter emerges. Vengeance burns bright in a heart filled with acrimony. In his valiant efforts to purge the countryside, Buck Lanark must murder foes, friends and family members. He cannot afford the luxuries of discretion and discrimination. All who have become werewolves must die. In the course of his killing spree, Buck discovers the origins and evolution of werewolves.

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“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of mothers and daughters, now the focus of a new documentary Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir on Netflix Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.