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The Falconer is one of those books that I just couldn’t seem to put down. From the very first page, Elizabeth May grabbed me and hurled me into Aileana’s life with no chance of stepping back out of it until the book was done. This book is filled with action, danger, mystery and some kissing….all things I love. Check it out if you haven’t yet – you can thank me later.
The Falconer by Elizabeth May
(Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads)Also by this author: The Vanishing Throne
Published by Chronicle Books on May 6th 2014
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 288 
One girl's nightmare is this girl's faery tale
She's a stunner.
Edinburgh, 1844. Eighteen-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, has everything a girl could dream of: brains, charm, wealth, a title—and drop-dead beauty.
She's a liar.
But Aileana only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. she's leading a double life: She has a rare ability to sense the sìthíchean—the faery race obsessed with slaughtering humans—and, with the aid of a mysterious mentor, has spent the year since her mother died learning how to kill them.
She's a murderer.
Now Aileana is dedicated to slaying the fae before they take innocent lives. With her knack for inventing ingenious tools and weapons—from flying machines to detonators to lightning pistols—ruthless Aileana has one goal: Destroy the faery who destroyed her mother.
She's a Falconer.
The last in a line of female warriors born with a gift for hunting and killing the fae, Aileana is the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity. Suddenly, her quest is a lot more complicated. She still longs to avenge her mother's murder—but she'll have to save the world first.
About Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May was born in California, where she lived during her formative years before moving to Scotland. She has a BA in Anthropology/Sociology from Marlboro College and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of St Andrews. When she isn’t writing, she can be found hiking through the Scottish highlands with a camera in hand.
She currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband. For more information, follow her on Twitter @_ElizabethMay or visit her website www.elizabethmaywrites.com
5 Things about Elizabeth May:
1. She penned 9 unpublished manuscripts before finally writing The Falconer, her debut novel.
2. Incidentally, she wrote The Falconer three times to get it right before seeking publication.
3. Her degrees are in anthropology, and her speciality is folklore. Which comes in handy when writing about Scottish faeries.
4. Her photography has been published on an array of book covers and in magazines.
5. She wrote her first book at the age of 12, a terrible, messy manuscript about a half-vampire with amnesia. She hasn’t been able to stop writing novels since.
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