Description
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 themselves 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.
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Julio Bergnaum @schiller.zelda_575
January 21, 2023
4
Beautiful writing doesn't get in the way of the story. This well-crafted fantasy demonstrates deep empathy for its characters as it takes the reader on a modern journey into Asian flavored myth.