The Judgment of Needles
May 2027 · The Singing Hills Cycle Book 8 · Sold by Tordotcom
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A history stitched in blood—return to the world of the Hugo award-winning Singing Hills series by USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo.
A celebration of the life and reign of the notorious Empress of Salt of Fortune has brought the Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant to the Palace of Gleaming Light in Anh, where Chih becomes intrigued with the forgotten stories of the little wives of the women’s quarter. Amid a forest of priceless robes and the seamsters’ chatter in the Hall of Needles, they learn of an attempt by one such wife to assassinate the empress during the tumultuous early days of her rule.
Who was Sei of Ue County, and what could have driven her to so desperate and treasonous an attack? Was it jealousy over the stolen affections of another wife? Or revenge by the daughter of a conquered country against a tyrant?
What begins as a line of embroidery on a discarded robe deepens into a mystery as Chih digs further into the labyrinthine politics of the women’s quarter—and the empire of Anh itself.
The novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle are standalone stories linked by the Cleric Chih, and may be read in any order.
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
A Mouthful of Dust
A Long and Speaking Silence
The Judgment of Needles
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A celebration of the life and reign of the notorious Empress of Salt of Fortune has brought the Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant to the Palace of Gleaming Light in Anh, where Chih becomes intrigued with the forgotten stories of the little wives of the women’s quarter. Amid a forest of priceless robes and the seamsters’ chatter in the Hall of Needles, they learn of an attempt by one such wife to assassinate the empress during the tumultuous early days of her rule.
Who was Sei of Ue County, and what could have driven her to so desperate and treasonous an attack? Was it jealousy over the stolen affections of another wife? Or revenge by the daughter of a conquered country against a tyrant?
What begins as a line of embroidery on a discarded robe deepens into a mystery as Chih digs further into the labyrinthine politics of the women’s quarter—and the empire of Anh itself.
The novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle are standalone stories linked by the Cleric Chih, and may be read in any order.
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
A Mouthful of Dust
A Long and Speaking Silence
The Judgment of Needles
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A history stitched in blood—return to the world of the Hugo award-winning Singing Hills series by USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo.
A celebration of the life and reign of the notorious Empress of Salt of Fortune has brought the Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant to the Palace of Gleaming Light...
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About the author
Nghi Vo is the USA Today bestselling author of Siren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead, The City in Glass, and The Scarlet Ball, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, and Lambda Literary Awards and the LA Times and Ursula K. Le Guin Prizes, and has won the Crawford, Ignyte, and Hugo Awards. 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.
Nghi Vo is the USA Today bestselling author of Siren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead, The City in Glass, and The Scarlet Ball, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. Her work has been nominated...
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