Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novella!
Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella!
Shortlisted for the 2024 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy
A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 Pick
A Slate Best Books of 2023 Pick
"Gripping action set in vast spaces writ as clean and spare as a dry bone . . . the result is tremendous."βThe New York Times
A Most Anticipated in 2023 Pick for Polygon | Book Riot | Paste Magazine
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs.
Esterβs family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her fatherβs painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family.
Esterβs path leads her to the Kingβs 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 empireβs most dangerous manticore hunt, but on a journey of perseverance and acceptance.
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