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    When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

    by Nghi Vo

    Readers: 1 · Shelf entries: 1

    Published: 2020

    Pages: 83

    Average rating: ★★★☆☆ 3.00

    Ratings: 1 total

Synopsis

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 "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.

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.

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