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July 2026 Indie Book Reviews

The Corpse Ritual by Yin Leong Tourist-Mauling Mummy Escapes Museum An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski 4 Stars Our delightful Geomancers, shabby Joe & spritely Junie, must save Washington, D.C. yet again. This time an ancient Chinese zombie (aka a bloodthirsty jiangshi) attacks during the covid pandemic. Mauling & sucking his victims’ life force or infecting them with a contagious bite, the ghastly undead monster ravages the populace. Joe’s sister Pearl smugly spies on our heroes biding her time to steal Junie’s legendary weapon the Energy Devourer. After nearly everyone’s been bitten but haven’t completely succumbed or turned into zombies yet, Joe & Junie hatch a plan to replicate a bygone Taoist priest’s binding ritual. It’s fright night at the museum! Various highlights: Due to a brisk but thorough summary of books one & two early on, uninitiated readers could easily start with book three if they wished. The wonderful, spooky folktale of corpses hopping ...

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