Fonda Lee's fantasy novella focuses on a young woman and the roc she trains to kill man-eating manticores in alt-Sumeria. io9 reviews.
The novella begins with Ester’s introduction to her roc, Zahra, as a young fledgeling. The following chapters contain a masterful description of falconry techniques blown to mythic proportions. Rocs, in, have a wingspan of two men rather than the two feet of a peregrine falcon or goshawk. Everything becomes much more dangerous when the bird you’re training could rip you in half. Added onto that is the fact that falconry is as much an art as a science.
In the middle of this exploration of the bond in between animal and trainer is the reveal of Ester’s past. Told in between feedings as Ester desperately attempts to connect with this wild animal that cannot be tamed, merely satiated for a moment, her heartbreak and ferocity are echoed in the roc’s own journey through the darkness. The book is full of these mirrors, as Ester and Zahra grow in parallel paths across the page.
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