The Phoenix and the Sheep

The Carillon Lips — Volume VII

By Vienna Leary

To be known is one thing. To be loved after being known is another.

At the Golden Jade Academy, the lives of those who have found shelter, companionship and purpose are becoming inseparable. But even among people who love one another, some truths remain difficult to speak.

For Qiao Huan and Cangyi Heng, the past has never been entirely settled. Years of devotion have created a life together, yet memories, silences and the things each believes the other understands threaten to disturb the foundations of that life.

For Mi Yang and Gu Zhi, love brings its own questions. How much of yourself can you reveal? What happens when another person sees the parts you have kept hidden? And can affection survive the truth without demanding that either person become someone else?

Across generations, the people of the Academy must learn that belonging is not the same as being understood, and that even the strongest bonds require the courage to listen.

Tender, sometimes humorous and deeply concerned with the meaning of family, The Phoenix and the Sheep brings together the central themes of The Carillon Lips: love and duty, music and memory, survival and the extraordinary work of making a home.

Set in third-century China during the Western Jin dynasty, this concluding volume asks what remains when the secrets have been spoken, the questions have been answered, and love must find a way to continue.

The seventh and final volume of The Carillon Lips, continuing from The Academy Chase. Also available as part of the complete seven-volume collection.

Digital edition: one EPUB file. No physical book will be posted.