A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
β Scribed by Nghi Vo
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 125075030X
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A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!
A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!
A 2021 Ignyte Award Finalist!
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Winner of the 2020 Crawford Award!**
**"Dangerous, subtle, unexpected and familiar, angry and ferocious and hopeful...The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."--NPR
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**A 2020 ALA Booklist Top Ten SF/F Debut | A Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020 | ****A Paste Most Anticipated Novel of 2020 | A Library Journal Debut of the Month | **A Buzzfeed Must-Read Fantasy Novel of Spring 2020 | A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist | A Washington Post Best SFF of the Year So Far Pick
**Named Book Riot 's Best Book Cover of 2020
****Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | Library Journal | NYPL | Chicago Public Library | The Austen Chronicle | Autostraddle
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**With the heart of an Atwood...
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