The Singing Hills: Empress of Salt and Fate, Book 1

For half a century, the waters of the Crimson Lake, where only ghosts roam, have kept the secrets of the Empress of Salt and Fate. Finally, the time has come to tell the true story of the daughter of the northern people. Many years ago, Yin-yo became one of the wives of the emperor who killed her relatives and, thanks to the magicians, defeated the army of mammoths of the northerners. The stranger had to carefully choose allies in the enemy's lair. And unexpectedly found a kindred spirit in the little servant Rabbit, who was given to the palace by her own parents in exchange for five boxes of dye. Both lonely and despised, both have lost their home - and only thanks to their devotion to each other will they go on a long path of revenge, full of painful losses.

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