In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy named Ren. Young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master's severed finger and reunite it with his body or else his master's soul will roam the earth forever. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery, this is a page-turner of the highest order. A captivating and magical story.