Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Crawford and Hugo Award - Winning Series Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella; shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award the Locus Award the Ignyte Award; One of Book Riot's Best Fantasy Debuts of All Time; A Milwaukee Journal Best of 2023 Pick; A Recommended Reading List Pick for Locus; A Powell's Best of 2023 Pick" Both tear - jerking and gut - punching . Entirely accessible on its own it is an excellent place to start if you haven t read any of Vo's novellas yet." The Washington Post The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor Cleric Thien has died and rests among the archivists and storytellers of the storied abbey. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest. Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass - - and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal mammoths demanding their grandfather's body for burial. Chih must somehow balance honoring their mentor's chosen life while keeping the sisters from the north from storming the gates and destroying the history the clerics have worked so hard to preserve. But as Chih and their neixin Almost Brilliant navigate the looming crisis Myriad Virtues Cleric Thien's own beloved hoopoe companion grieves her loss as only a being with perfect memory can and her sorrow may be more powerful than anyone could anticipate " 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 Hugo Award - winning Singing Hills Cycle 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 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 entrypoint.
Title: Mammoths At The Gates
Author(s): Vo Nghi
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250851437
Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2023
Category: Fantasy