Mammoths at the gates
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"The Crawford and Hugo Award-Winning Series Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, the Ignyte Award "A remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."-NPR on The Empress of Salt and Fortune "Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."-Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died, and rests among the archivists and storytellers of the storied abbey. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest. Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass--and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal mammoths, demanding their grandfather's body for burial. Chih must somehow balance honoring their mentor's chosen life while keeping the sisters from the north from storming the gates and destroying the history the clerics have worked so hard to preserve. But as Chih and their neixin Almost Brilliant navigate the looming crisis, Myriad Virtues, Cleric Thien's own beloved hoopoe companion, grieves her loss as only a being with perfect memory can, and her sorrow may be more powerful than anyone could anticipate. . . The Singing Hills Cycle The Empress of Salt and Fortune When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain Into the Riverlands Mammoths at the Gates 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 entrypoint"--
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Vo, N. (2023). Mammoths at the gates. First edition. New York, Tor Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vo, Nghi. 2023. Mammoths At the Gates. New York, Tor Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vo, Nghi, Mammoths At the Gates. New York, Tor Publishing Group, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vo, Nghi. Mammoths At the Gates. First edition. New York, Tor Publishing Group, 2023.
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