La Manticore

La Manticore begins with the portrait of Bayurna Yusra. A queen more feared than respected known as misogyny by all her subjects. Particularly by her husband, Bayun Ghufran. This is why, when her daughter is born, Ghufran decides to pretend she’s a boy, saving her from a sad fate. She’s sent to live with her uncle and learns manners, literature, science, and warfare like all bayijin. Only his inner circle knows his secret, but the older he gets, the more this secret weighs on his frail shoulders. This story follows his fraught search for his self-identity…