The Carillon Lips - TYMPANY

The Carillon Lips — Volume I: Tympany

By Vienna Leary

A bell can warn a valley. But who will hear the person being silenced?

Three riders arrive at Zhong Junyuan’s workshop. They need a bell for war.

The bell-maker has questions. Whose war? How far must the sound travel? And who is listening beyond the mountains?

At Bixiu, the work draws together craftsmen, musicians, physicians and friends. Among them is Qiao Huan: curious, irreverent, and gifted with an extraordinary understanding of sound. As bells begin to answer one another across rivers and valleys, his abilities offer a way to reach people whom war has left isolated.

They also attract the attention of people who believe his usefulness gives them a claim over his life.

Assignments multiply. Permission to leave becomes difficult to obtain. Behind polite assurances and official papers, the distance between Huan and home grows.

Cangyi Heng and those who love Huan must find a way to reach him—and make certain his own voice is heard.

Set in a richly imagined historical China, Tympany opens a seven-volume saga of music, power, survival and love between men. Sharp humour and tenderness run alongside danger, as friendships deepen into chosen family and the ordinary acts of feeding, listening and standing beside someone become matters of consequence.

The first volume of The Carillon Lips. Also available as part of the complete seven-volume collection.

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