SuitabookBetween Ghosts and Gods
Ann Sei Lin
- Reading
- The supernatural bargains give a natural point to pause and check how the imagery is landing. You could also compare what Kasu believes she owes to her code with what helping Arun may require.
- Themes
- Bargains and moral code: Kasu follows the Heavenly Principles while working in a den where customers exchange treasures for gambling tiles; events lead her to re-examine her beliefs about the gods. The contrast between Kasu’s moral code and the costly exchanges around her frames her reconsideration of the gods.
- Mythological world-building: The adventure draws on Chinese mythology and places its characters among demons and hungry ghosts in an underworld setting, with macabre humour. Chinese mythology, underworld creatures and macabre humour shape the story’s fantastical atmosphere.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes customers surrendering limbs and a companion cat with an appetite for eyeballs. The underworld setting also features demons, hungry ghosts and danger.