YÜ LAN JEI COMES HOME is a story of mysticism and faith in a small native village. The young woman Yü Lan Jei returns home from years abroad to find the villagers cursed by a cabal of sorcerers empowered by demonic spirits. Uncovering the identity of the evil doers, Yü Lan thinks about running away from the village. However, she finds no place to hide from the realities of her calling and surrenders to her fate. She makes great sacrifices as she wages a lone battle against the unseen wicked forces, bears the scorn of the deluded villagers and the malice of the evil sorcerers. Undaunted, she embraces the unbearable demands of her effort as she pits her burgeoning unfolding spiritual gifts against those who seek to destroy her.
Can Yü Lan be victorious in defeating the mighty sorcerers? Can she redeem the land and unloosen the souls of the villagers enslaved by darkness?
Judy K. L. Wu is an indigenous writer of the Bunun Formosan tribe in Taiwan.
