The Breath of the Hopping Dead

An ancient evil awakens. The dead begin to hop. And one village herbalist must defy grief, folklore, and darkness to stop the rise of a necromantic empire.

In 1890s rural China, the mist-shrouded village of Wushan lives quietly in the shadow of forgotten traditions-until bodies begin turning up pale, cold, and twisted in masks of unspeakable terror. When Li Mei's younger brother is found dead-his soul drained, his Qi stolen-her grief ignites a desperate quest for truth.

What begins as a mystery unravels into a terrifying revelation: Jiangshi, the hopping dead of legend, are real-and they are only the beginning.

At the heart of this resurrection horror lies Feng, a disgraced scholar turned necromancer, wielding the profane power of the Whispering Scroll. With an undead army growing and ancient rites corrupted, Feng seeks more than control-he seeks dominion over life and breath itself.

Joined by Master Wu, a Taoist priest with secrets of his own, and Chen, a cynical deserter with a soldier's blade and a haunted past, Li Mei must uncover the buried sins of Wushan, master forbidden arts, and stand against a tide of undead fury that threatens to consume not just her village, but the very cycle of life and death.

Steeped in Taoist mysticism, historical dread, and visceral suspense, The Breath of the Hopping Dead is a genre-bending tale of grief, duty, and resistance in the face of literal resurrection.

Fans of The Terror, Train to Busan, or The Untamed will find a chilling new obsession.