Outskirts Press, INC.

ADVENTURES OF THE GHOST, KONG HAO, MASTER ARTISAN, AFTER BEING SET FREE FROM 2400 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT IN THE TOMB OF CHINA’S FIRST EMPEROR

In 210 BC Kong Hao, Master Artisan, has waited over 2400 years to escape the treasure-filled underground tomb of China’s first and greatest emperor. With his fellow artisans Kong was imprisoned alive to keep them from disclosing the hidden mechanism that protects the tomb from grave robbers. Ben Coggins, a young American, stumbles into a hidden entrance that needs him a full moon at just the right position and angle to enter. Once inside the tomb it seems impossible to get out but teamed with the inventive ghost they manage it, Ben carrying Kong’s bones on an adventurous journey across 600 miles of China. Their goal is Qufu, the home of Confucius and the ancestral home of Kong. For the ghost to be buried in the huge Confucian Family Cemetery is the only way to go on to the next life. Ben’s kindhearted nature is pushed to the limit as he tries to get Kong, and eventually several other ghosts, safely buried without ending up in a Chinese prison. Along the way he meets unexpected adventure, ghosts from different eras of history, and eventually love.