Untethered Sky by Fonda LeeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
After several years and a few delays as she wrote the Green Bone Saga and assorted short stories thereof, Fonda Lee expressed relief, in her launch appearance this week at Powell’s in Beaverton, that she was pivoting to something much smaller. And yet, the worldbuilding must still be as detailed as that of her larger work, even if there’s much the reader doesn’t get to see. Set in an empire inspired by pre-Islamic Ancient Persia (plus a dash of Ottoman) where manticores kill and rukhers fly giant rocs into battle, our protagonist Ester gets to bond with a roc named Zahra, and takes on a more vengeful approach to waging war on the creatures that killed her family. In a sense, it’s a deconstruction of the trope of the psychically bonded warrior and their dragon, or whatever other flying mount they may have. A bite sized, but very effective, piece from Lee, perfect to tide the fans over while awaiting her next work, her promised sci fi cyberpunk samurai duology…
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