FromWorldFantasyAward-winningauthorFondaLeecomesUntetheredSky,anepicfantasyfableaboutthepursuitofobsessionatallcosts.Shortlistedforthe2024RUSAReadingList:FantasyANewYorkTimesBestScienceFictionandFantasyof2023PickASlateBestBooksof2023Pick“Grippingactionsetinvastspaceswritascleanandspareasadrybone...theresultistremendous.“--TheNewYorkTimesAMostAnticipatedin2023PickforPolygonBookRiotPasteMagazineEster’sfamilywastornapartwhenamanticorekilledhermotherandbabybrother,leavingherwithnothingbutherfather’spainfulsilenceandasingle,overwhelmingneedtokillthemonstersthattookherfamily.Ester’spathleadshertotheKing’sRoyalMews,wherethegiantrocsoflegendareflowntohuntmanticoresbytheirbraveanddedicatedruhkers.PairedwithafledglingrocnamedZahra,Esterfindspurposeandacclaimbydevotingherselftoacallingthatdemandsabsolutesacrificeandacreaturethatwillneverreturnherlove.TheterrifyingpartnershipbetweenwomanandrocleadsEsternotonlyontheempire’smostdangerousmanticorehunt,butonajourneyofperseveranceandacceptance.
