The Wandering Falcon

Ranked #33 in Pakistan, Ranked #99 in Pakistan History

A haunting literary debut set in the forbidding remote tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.


Traditions that have lasted for centuries, both brutal and beautiful, create a rigid structure for life in the wild, astonishing place where Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan meet—the Federally Administered Tribal Lands (FATA). It is a formidable world and the people who live there are constantly subjected to extremes—both of geography and of culture.
The Wandering Falcon begins with a young couple, refugees from their tribe, who have traveled to the middle of...
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