Ewen Young finds his uncle shot dead on the floor of his uncle's Kung Fu school, and then promptly gets shot himself. Despite dying, Ewen comes back with a new and unwelcome ability to move between life and death, though it does prove useful in protecting his family from the gangster who killed his uncle. He meets Susan Sundown and her dog Rez and go off hunting a malign Indian spirit murdering holy men, and has a few other adventures while he's at it. This feels like four novellas strung together, though the stringing is smooth, and the adventures are fun and extremely enjoyable, mixing up martial arts and meditation various types of mysticism.