This volume was particularly excellent. When two separate het couple moments make me tear up you know it's serious! ( )

Talas is back! It's super cute. I ship it. Also, very cute foxes and falconry. ( )

Not the best volume in the series, but any visit with these characters is a delight. The first half of the book returns to the main couple of Amir and her child husband, Karluk. They are spending some time apart as Karluk goes to live with his nomadic in-laws in order to practice hunting with the bow and a golden eagle. The falconry scenes are quite beautiful.

The second half of the book rejoins the British explorer Henry Smith as he reaches the end of the Silk Road and a reunion with an old friend in Ankara eager to return him to England. ( )

In this volume, Karluk goes to stay with his wife's nomadic family to learn to hunt and live under the rough conditions of the steppes. ( )