Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novellas - Mammoths at the Gate By Nghi Vo

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“This brief fable explores love, grief, guilt, atonement, memory and transformation. In spite of the deep wounds various characters carry and the serious nature of the themes, this is a gentle tale."

The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest.

Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan--and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal mammoths, demanding their grandfather’s body for burial. Chih must somehow balance honoring their mentor’s chosen life while keeping the sisters from storming the gates and destroying the history the clerics have worked so hard to preserve.