Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle returns with a standalone gothic mystery that
unfolds in the empire of Ahn. "A remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."-NPR on The
Empress of Salt and Fortune "Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have
today."-Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young
bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of
dead empires. The bride's party is welcomed with elaborate courtesies and extravagant banquets
but between the frightened servants and the cryptic warnings of the lord's mad son they
quickly realize that something is haunting the shadowed halls. As Chih and the bride-to-be
explore empty rooms and desolate courtyards they are drawn into the mystery of what became of
Lord Guo's previous wives and the dark history of Do Cao itself. But as the wedding night draws
to its close Chih will learn at their peril that not all monsters are to be found in the
shadows some monsters hide in plain sight. The Singing Hills Cycle has been shortlisted for
the Lambda Literary Award the Locus Award and the Ignyte Award and has won the Crawford
Award and the Hugo Award. The novellas are standalone stories linked by the Cleric Chih and
may be read in any order. The Empress of Salt and Fortune When the Tiger Came Down the
Mountain Into the Riverlands Mammoths at the Gates The Brides of High Hill
