A Palace Near the Wind - Ai Jiang Kristin Hannah and talking animals

and talking animals

and Valentine’s Day fun

and she aims to kill him before he destroys her

and the city is his hunting ground

a  Time  magazine Best Young Adult Book of All Time

A Palace Near the Wind - Ai Jiang Kristin Hannah and talking animalsFrom a rising star author, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion for readers of Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H. Rao's The Surviving Sky Sometimes called Wind Walkers for their ability to command the wind, unlike their human rulers, the Feng people have bark faces, carved limbs, arms of braided branches, and hair