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Eight centuries ago, in the latter days of the Islamic golden age, a young girl arrived in the Khwarazmian city of Tus. She was a slave. But she learned.Eight centuries ago, the Mongols blazed across the map, swept Khwarazm into the ash heap of history, and took all they desired from the ruins. They took the girl who learned.So begins the true story of how a “witch,” wielding knowledge as her only weapon, came to hold the greatest empire the world has ever known in the palm of her hand…
The translation for Yen Press is in the very capable hands of Amanda Haley with lettering by Aila Nagamine that ably conveys when people are speaking different languages, as well as adding explanatory notes in the text between panels in a small but readable font such as Ordo = Mongolian court (there are no translation notes). At the end theres a helpful map, a simplified family tree for Genghis Khan, a guide to the members of Mistress Fatimas household and a couple of paragraphs about slavery in the Islamic world at the time. A two-page preview/trailer for Volume 2 brings the book to an end; the second volume (of five so far) is due out in November. Read Full Review
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