{"product_id":"a-long-and-speaking-silence-hardcover","title":"A Long and Speaking Silence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNghi Vo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Nghi Vo comes a beautiful new tale in the Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle, drawn from the earliest days of Chih's career as a wandering cleric.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nghi Vo is so good.\"--NPR on \u003ci\u003eThe Brides of High Hill\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery story begins somewhere.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the banks of the Ya-lé River, the town of Luntien gathers to celebrate the start of the rainy season, but the celebration is marred by the arrival of refugees from the sea. Everyone has a story about the foreigners newly in their midst--lazy, violent, unwanted--while the refugees themselves grieve the loss of the home they loved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCleric Chih, very recently still Novice Chih, is also a stranger in Luntien. A moment of carelessness and bad luck leaves them waiting tables as they struggle to establish themself as a real cleric. A cleric's job is to listen and record, but the stories emerging in Luntien are ugly and violent, as hard to predict as the river itself. With their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant by their side, Chih must help the refugees while also unraveling a mystery that may have roots in their own faraway home in the abbey of Singing Hills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the seventh entry of the award-winning Singing Hills series, we meet Chih and Almost Brilliant just beginning their journey together as Chih assumes their place on the road and in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novellas of the Singing Hills series are standalone stories linked by the Cleric Chih, and may be read in any order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empress of Salt and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Tiger Came Down the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Riverlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMammoths at the Gates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brides of High Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mouthful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNghi Vo is the author of \u003ci\u003eSiren Queen, The Chosen and the Beautiful, Don't Sleep with the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe City in Glass, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with \u003ci\u003eThe Empress of Salt and Fortune. \u003c\/i\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.28 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377106608435,"sku":"9781250386427","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8OepnL9zht9781250386427.webp?v=1779314906","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-long-and-speaking-silence-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}