When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Book 2 of The Singing Hills Cycle"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."―Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen 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.
MysteriousThought-ProvokingSpiritually ChargedThrilling & PropulsiveTruth surviving historyStories as survivalHuman-animal kinshipUnraveling layered narratives
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