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.
Alone and sometimes reviled, she mus.
Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders.
A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China.
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