This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
SOUL OF THE FIRE. Copyright © 2014 by Eliot Pattison. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Pattison, Eliot.
Soul of the fire / Eliot Pattison.—First edition.
pages; cm—(Inspector shan tao yun; 8)
ISBN 978-0-312-65603-4 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-03647-6 (ebook)
1. Shan, Tao Yun (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Ex-police officers—Fiction. 3. Buddhist monks—Fiction. 4. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 5. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.A82497S67 2014
813'.54—dc23
2014031495
eISBN 9781250036476
First Edition: November 2014