2 T'ang Trilogy books in order

Chief Magistrate Dee must use his investigative talents to save seventh-century China from the manipulations of an evil empress aligned with a gang of murderous dwarfs who engage in a rash of ritual killings

Set in eighth-century China amidst the splendour and decadence of the court of the T'ang emperor, this tale aims to transport the reader to a mysterious and fascinating era. Cooney is a writer and painter and Altieri is a scholar of Chinese history.