For as long
as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky
terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from self-sustaining. Fei and
her people are at the mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous
cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom. When villagers begin to lose
their sight, deliveries from the zipline shrink and many go hungry. Fei’s home,
the people she loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under
threat of darkness and starvation. But soon Fei is awoken in the night by a
searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon. Richelle Mead takes readers on a
triumphant journey from the peak of Fei’s jagged mountain village to the valley
of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life
forever.
Translator: Nora Escoms.
