The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, 1)
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Winner of the 2020 Crawford Award!Winner of the 2021 Hugo Award!A Hugo AwardWinning Series!A 2021 Locus Award FinalistA 2021 Ignyte Award FinalistA Goodreads Choice Award FinalistA Book Riot Best Debut Fantasy of All TimeDangerous, subtle, unexpected and familiar, angry and ferocious and hopeful... The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a remarkable accomplishment of storytelling.NPRNghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today.Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren QueenA Book Riot Must Read Book of 2023 A 2020 ALA Booklist Top Ten SF/F Debut A Book Riot MustRead Fantasy of 2020 A Paste Most Anticipated Novel of 2020 A Library Journal Debut of the Month A Buzzfeed MustRead Fantasy Novel of Spring 2020 A Washington Post Best SFF of the Year So Far PickNamed Book Riots Best Book Cover of 2020Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR Library Journal NYPL Chicago Public Library The Austen Chronicle AutostraddleWith the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vos The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women.A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully.Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperors lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.At once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the rise of the empress Inyo, who has few resources and fewer friends. Shes a northern daughter in a magemade summer exile, but she will bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by piece.The Hugo Awardwinning Singing Hills CycleThe Empress of Salt and FortuneWhen the Tiger Came Down the MountainInto the RiverlandsMammoths at the GatesThe Brides of High HillThe novellas of The Singing Hills Cycle are linked by the cleric Chih, but may be read in any order, with each story serving as an entry point.Praise for The Empress of Salt and FortuneAn elegant gutpunch, a puzzle box that unwinds itself in its own way and in its own time. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Gorgeous. Cruel. Perfect. I didnt know I needed to read this until I did.Seanan McGuireA tale of rebellion and fealty that feels both classic and fresh, The Empress of Salt and Fortune is elegantly told, strongly felt, and brimming with rich detail. An epic in miniature, beautifully realised.Zen ChoNghi Vos gracefully told debut . . . resides in the intimate margins of its (beautifully imagined) worlds history, portraying how the marginalized may yet shape those narratives and harness the power of stories.Indrapramit Das
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