Tim McGirk

            Release Date:  Nov. 4, 2025

Review:

 Excerpt from Air Mail, digital weekly, Sept. 24'- Oct 1. 

    'A  crackling novel that imagines the travels of Xu Fu, a real-life Taoist priest dispatched by the Chinese emperor around 225 B.C. to find the island where the Immortals lived and bring back the elixir of life. No spoilers here, but by conjuring Xu Fu’s adventures and combining them with the modern-day exploits of Ned Sheehan, an archaeologist who stumbles upon the graves of Xu Fu and the emperor’s mother in southern Mexico, McGirk has crafted a tale of tomb robbers, murder, drug cartels, and romance, all interspersed with the fanciful memoirs of Xu Fu translated from clay tablets, that makes for timeless entertainment.'