The Last Tuguan: Keeper of the Earth Temple

In northern China, the Tuguan oversees funeral rites and guards the earth temples—a dying profession in a modernizing world. Orphaned at ten after losing his mother, our protagonist inherits this sacred duty and walks an extraordinary path. Armed with fearless integrity and unshakeable compassion, he navigates the shadowy boundary between the living and the dead, honoring ancient traditions while confronting forces that would see them—and him—erased forever.