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 FortuneWhen the Tiger Came Down the MountainInto the RiverlandsMammoths at the
GatesThe Brides of High Hill
