Four women — a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite — are caught up on opposing sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts & their loyalties & agendas & ideologies come into conflict, the four fear their lives may pass unrecorded. Using the sword & the pen, the body & the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history.Here is the much-anticipatedcompanion noveltoSofia Samatar’sWorld Fantasy Award-winning debut,A Stranger in Olondria.The Winged Historiesis the saga of an empire — & a family: their friendships, their enduring love, their arcane & deadly secrets.Samatarasks who makes history, who endures it, & how the turbulence of historical change sweeps over every aspect of a life & over everyone, no matter whether or not they choose to seek it out.°°°Sofia Samataris the author of the Crawford, British Fantasy, & World Fantasy award-winning novelA Stranger in Olondria. She also received the John W. Campbell Award. She has written for theGuardian,Strange Horizons,Lightspeed, & many other publications. She is working on a collection of stories. Her website iswww.sofiasamatar.com.SOFIA SAMATARis the author of the novelsA Stranger in Olondria&The Winged Histories, & the short story collection,Tender.Sofia’swork has received the William L. Crawford Award, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, the British Fantasy Award, & the World Fantasy Award. She has also been a finalist for the Locus Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, & the Italo Calvino Prize. Her work has appeared in several year’s-best anthologies, includingThe Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy.Sofiaholds a PhD in African Languages & Literature from University of Wisconsin-Madison…