A Mouthful of Dust

, #6

by

English language

Published Oct. 7, 2025 by Tordotcom.

ASIN:
B0DT6JNLQC

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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.

3 editions

reviewed A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #6)

Great novella—as always

You know when a writer is truly special: even short novellas linger with you, long after you finished to read them ; you still feel immersed in the world the writer built around you, for you... And even though my favorite one is the first, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, each of them has brought me back there, on the road with Cleric Chih, with an undeniable hunger for more.

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Novella
  • Queer
  • Adult
  • Fiction