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Into the Riverlands

By Nghi Vo
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo digital book - Fable

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Nghi Vo's Hugo and Crawford Award-winning series, The Singing Hills Cycle, continues...

Lambda Award Finalist
Ignyte Award Finalist
Hugo Award Finalist for Best Novella
Locus Award Finalist for Best Novella


A Best Of Pick for USA Today | Buzzfeed | Ms Magazine | Arlington Magazine | Transfer Orbit | LitHub

"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

"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."―Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the region. On the road to Betony Docks, they fall in with a pair of young women far from home, and an older couple who are more than they seem. As Chih runs headlong into an ancient feud, they find themself far more entangled in the history of the riverlands than they ever expected to be.

Accompanied by Almost Brilliant, a talking bird with an indelible memory, Chih confronts old legends and new dangers alike as they learn that every story—beautiful, ugly, kind, or cruel—bears more than one face.

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 entry point.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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3.5
““The world is built on who carries what and for who” This series is always a delight as I do love being told a story and these books are about as close as I get these days. The cleric Chih is a steadfast companion and always offers a quiet truth about the world. Also, I must say I found the acknowledgments to be just as touching as the story itself, which does not happen often”
“Ive seen a lot of people say this is their least favorite of the series but honestly I think I feel the opposite. I really loved this story and Chih’s journey.”

About Nghi Vo

Nghi Vo is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. The series entries have been finalists for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lambda Literary Award, and have won the Crawford Award, the Ignyte 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.

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