The Brides of High Hill

Cleric Chih returns on another fantastic journey

In this fifth* novella in the Singing Hills Cycle, cleric Chih accompanies a young bride on her way to marry an old lord at his faltering estate. But what happened to the lord’s previous wives, why is his son under a lockjaw curse, and why can Chih not remember how they met the bride and her family? 
The Singing Hills Cycle is a gorgeous set of novellas about the cleric Chih and their journeys collecting stories for the Singing Hills Abbey. This installment is a bit creepier than the others have been, but the writing is consistently lyrical and lovely. 
*While this is the fifth novella in the series, each one stands alone and can be read independently of each other and in any order.