UNTETHERED SKY BY FONDA LEE

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comesUntethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs.

Shortlisted for the 2024 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy

ANew York TimesBest Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 Pick
ASlateBest Books of 2023 Pick

“Gripping action set in vast spaces writ as clean and spare as a dry bone . . . the result is tremendous.”The New York Times

A Most Anticipated in 2023 Pick forPolygon|Book Riot|Paste Magazine

Esters family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her fathers painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family.

Esters path leads her to the Kings Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of legend are flown to hunt manticores by their brave and dedicated ruhkers. Paired with a fledgling roc named Zahra, Ester finds purpose and acclaim by devoting herself to a calling that demands absolute sacrifice and a creature that will never return her love. The terrifying partnership between woman and roc leads Ester not only on the empires most dangerous manticore hunt, but on a journey of perseverance and acceptance.

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