The Bird King (Paperback)

This is the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her friend Hassan. Hassan has a secret - he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realising that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian rule... From the Winner of the World Fantasy Award.