Into the Riverlands is the third book of the Singing Hills Cycle and it was a great addition. I loved getting to walk alongside Cleric Chih again as they travel the world collecting stories for the Singing Hills Monastery. The story opens when Chih meets a pair of young women traveling together who run into trouble with a thug in a waystation tea house. Chih tries to defend them only to find out that they don’t need help at all. A Kung Fu adept, Wei Jintai, is more than capable of handling herself.
They join two other travelers and find themselves in the middle of an adventure with people who might just be more than they seem to be.
This was such a cool exploration of legendary heroes living in plain sight and about deciding who we want to be known as. I just love this series. The fourth one has just come out and I’m second on the hold list for it. If you haven’t tried this series you don’t know what you’re missing. They’re bite size novellas and they’re awesome. Start with The Empress of Salt and Fortune.