A Ghost in the Middle Kingdom: A Memoir

Amid the mountains of China, Anna falls in love with a Hui yak herder from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. At first, he appears to be a kindred soul and charismatic lover. But with treachery, traps, and fraud at every turn, their passionate romance is doomed from the start.

Not only does Alimu convince Anna to barter away her passport-rendering her ensnared in his embrace-but he convinces her that only his word can be trusted as those around him began furtively warning her about his past. Armed...