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 Areas (FATA). It is a formidable world,
and the people who live there are constantly subjected to
extremes-of place and of culture. The Wandering Falcon
begins with a young couple, refugees from their tribe, who
have traveled to the middle of nowhere to escape the cruel
punishments meted out upon those who transgress the
boundaries of marriage and family. Their son, Tor Baz,
descended from both chiefs and outlaws, becomes "The
Wandering Falcon," a character who travels among the tribes,
over the mountains and the plains, into the towns and the
tents that constitute the homes of the tribal people. The
media today speak about this unimaginably remote region, a
geopolitical hotbed of conspiracies, drone attacks, and
conflict, but in the rich, dramatic tones of a master
storyteller, this stunning, honor-bound culture is revealed
from the inside. Jamil Ahmad has written an unforgettable
portrait of a world of custom and compassion, of love and
cruelty, of hardship and survival, a place fragile, unknown,
and unforgiving.
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