The Ignyte and Locus Award finalist, and Crawford and Hugo Award-winning series continues as Chih finds themself in the riverlands, home to near-immortal warriors and ancient feuds
Nghi Vo is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, a Locus and Ignyte Award finalist and the winner of the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.
Lambda Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist for Best Novella Ignyte
Award Finalist
"Dangerous, subtle, unexpected and familiar, angry and ferocious
and hopeful. . . . The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a remarkable
accomplishment of storytelling."--NPR
Praise for Into the Riverlands "A thrilling, wuxia-style addition
to the series."--BuzzFeed News "Nghi Vo is one of the most
original writers we have today."--Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren
Queen "A delicious bonbon of a novella about stories and their
unreliable narrators, who wink at their listeners (or readers),
fully expecting us to catch on."--The Wall Street Journal
"Spellbinding. . . . Vo expertly weaves myths and histories of this
fantastical land throughout, while also offering readers a deeper
understanding of Chih themself, a character who may have been left
as a framing device in lesser hands. The result is a pitch-perfect
series installment."--Publishers Weekly, (starred review) "Rides
the knife edge between telling a story and being in the middle of
it and explores how tales become legends. . . . Highly recommended
for . . . anyone who likes high fantasy inspired by Imperial China
or wuxia movies and stories."--Library Journal (starred review)
"Those familiar with the Singing Hills Cycle know by now to expect
marvelous little novellas like perfectly cut jewels, dense with
facets and brilliance. Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo's third
installment, is of course no different....buy this book, because
you'll want to revisit these particular stories again and
again."--Geekly, Inc "The novella is written in Vo's rich, lovely
language, and it's nice to have such a wonderful fantasy series be
totally accessible in standalone volumes. . . . Fans of
folklore-inspired fantasy will eat this one up."--Booklist "The
Singing Hills Cycle can be read in any order, but this seems the
perfect entry point for new readers."--LitHub "Continues the
magical, mythical and memorable adventures of Chih . . . . The
series . . . can be read in any order--and you don't want to miss
them!"--Ms. Magazine "This is a beautiful, cozy, fantasy tale. . .
. gentle, soothing, whimsical, feminist."--Fantasy Book Critic
"Novelist Nghi Vo has a fantastic gift for creating sweeping epics
that weave together history and myth."--Arlington Magazine Praise
for the Singing Hills Cycle "Gorgeous. Cruel. Perfect."--Seanan
McGuire "A quiet, wrenching tale of resistance, resilience, and
court intrigue."--R. F. Kuang "A glorious, beautifully-written tale
that is both tragic and triumphant, unfolding a secret history
through the ordinary artifacts of everyday life."--Kate Elliott
"Uncovers a nuanced history of how the disenfranchised shape
history, and can come to rule it, though at great cost."--Buzzfeed
"A masterpiece of understatement and implication. . . it gives the
impression of effortlessness while being quietly meticulous in
every stitch."--Nerd Daily "[A] gorgeous debut novella."--Paste
"Vo's debut has it all: from sapphic love to cruel betrayals; from
political intrigue to lakes that glow red to ghosts that continue
to walk old paths."--Booklist, starred review "A stunning feminist
fantasy."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "An epic in miniature,
beautifully realised."--Zen Cho "At once epic and intimate, this
story of revenge, power and the weight of history is a small,
masterful jewel."--Aliette de Bodard "Resides in the intimate
margins of its (beautifully imagined) world's history, portraying
how the marginalized may yet shape those narratives and harness the
power of stories."--Indra Das "Rich details and emotional prose
captures readers from the first page of this imaginative and
powerful novella. "--Library Journal
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