ARGONAUT BOOKS

With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's 'The Empress of Salt and Fortune' is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women. 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 handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, ...Read More