La manticore

Bayurna Yusra is a ruler more feared than respected, whose misogyny is known to all her subjects, especially her husband, the bayun Ghufran. Therefore, when the midwife presents him with her newborn daughter, Ghufran decides to pass her off as a boy, saving her from a tragic fate. Sent to live with their uncle, Shamil learns etiquette, literature, science, and the arts of war, like all bayijins. Only their closest circle knows their secret, but the older they grow, the heavier it becomes on their young shoulders. This story follows their perilous search for identity...