Four women, soldier, scholar, poet, and socialite are caught up on
different sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their families
are torn apart, they fear they may disappear into the unwritten pages of
history. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they
struggle not just to survive, but to make history.
Here is the much-anticipated companion novel to Sofia Samatar's
award-winning debut, A Stranger in Olondria. The Winged Histories is
the saga of an empire--and a family: their friendships, their enduring
love, their arcane and deadly secrets. Samatar asks who makes history,
who endures it, and how the turbulence of historical change sweeps over
every aspect of a life and over everyone, no matter whether or not they
choose to seek it out.
Praise for The Winged Histories:
"Like an alchemist, Sofia Samatar spins golden landscapes and dazzling
sentences.... a fantasy novel for those who take their sentences with
the same slow, unfolding beauty as a cup of jasmine tea, and for
adventurers like Tav, who are willing to charge ahead into the
unknown."--Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"A highly recommended indulgence."
--N.K. Jemisin, New York Times Book Review
"Above all, it's a story about love--the terrible love that tears lives
apart. Doomed love; impossible love; love that requires a rewriting of
the rules, be it for a country, a person, or a story."--Jenn
Northington, Tor.com
"An imaginative, poetic, and dark meditation on how history gets
made."
--Hello Beautiful
