October, 1912.
Married to science fiction writer George Alec Effinger, she lives in Los Angeles and teaches at a local college.. .
About the Author: Barbara Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in many genres, from mysteries to science fiction and fantasy. .
Alongside his old vampire partner, Don Simon Ysidro, Asher embarks on a sinister hunt, while somewhere in the city\'s cold gray labyrinth lurk the Peking vampires, known as the Magistrates of Hell - with an agenda of their own .
James Asher, his wife Lydia, and the old occultist and vampire-hunter Dr Solomon Karlebach have journeyed to the new-born Republic of China to investigate the rumour that the mindless Undead - the Others that even the vampires fear - have begun to multiply in the caverns of the hills west of Peking.
October, 1912
