Diese Saga taucht ein in eine Welt politischer Intrigen und persönlichen Überlebens in einem Reich, das an das alte China erinnert. Sie verfolgt die verschlungenen Schicksale einer jungen Königlichen aus dem Norden und ihrer treuen Zofe, die sich durch die tückische Hofpolitik navigieren und unwahrscheinliche Allianzen schmieden. Leser werden von der reichhaltig gestalteten Kulisse fasziniert sein, in der Tradition auf Ehrgeiz trifft und die Bande der Freundschaft Stärke gegen Widrigkeiten bieten. Es ist eine fesselnde Erzählung über Widerstandsfähigkeit, Mut und den Kampf um Handlungsfähigkeit in einer komplexen und oft unversöhnlichen Welt.
"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 emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for."--Provided by publisher
From Locus and Ignyte finalist, Crawford Award winner, and bestselling author Nghi Vo comes the second installment in a Hugo Award-winning series "A stunning gem of a novella that explores the complexity and layers of storytelling and celebrates the wonder of queer love. I could read about Chih recording tales forever."—Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree "Dangerous, subtle, unexpected and familiar, angry and ferocious and hopeful. . . . The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."—NPR The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover—a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty—and discover how truth can survive becoming history. Nghi Vo returns to the empire of Ahn and The Singing Hills Cycle in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, a mesmerizing, lush standalone follow-up to The Empress of Salt and Fortune. The Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle The Empress of Salt and Fortune When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain Into the Riverlands The 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.