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Series: The Singing Hills Cycle

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Nghi Vo is so good. - NPR on The Brides of High Hill Wandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion, Almost Brilliant, come to the river town of Baolin chasing stories of a legendary famine. Amid tales of dishes served to royalty and... Read More

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A Mouthful of Dust

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a story of hunger, dreams, and dark secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle. Now in paperback

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Nghi Vo is so good. - NPR on The Brides of High Hill

Wandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion, Almost Brilliant, come to the river town of Baolin chasing stories of a legendary famine. Amid tales of dishes served to royalty and desserts made of dust, they discover the secrets of what happens when hunger stalks the land and what the powerful will do to hide their crimes.

Trapped in the mansion of a sinister magistrate, Chih and Almost Brilliant must learn what happened in Baolin when the famine came to call, and they must do so quickly... because the things in the shadows are only growing hungrier.

The Singing Hills Cycle has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, and the Ignyte Award, and has won the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award.

The novellas 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

Series: The Singing Hills Cycle

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ISBN: 9781250386403

Publisher: Tor Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Tordotcom

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Nghi Vo is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. The series entries have been finalists for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lambda Literary Award, and have won the Crawford Award, the Ignyte Award, and the Hugo Award. 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.