RITA RITCHIE
The Golden Hawks of Genghis Khan
(E.P. Dutton & Co. Jan. 1, 1958)
, Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Edition
" You must not speak of the Golden Hawks! Word easily flies downt he caravan trails to the ears of the MOngols int he landof Genghis Khan. And then, Jalair, the Mongols will come to slay you." With this warning from his grandfather Kurush, summer in Samarkand begins for young Jalair. Jallair has been told from infancy that Mongols slew his father Darien, the greatest hawker int he Empire, and stole the Golden Hawks- a spectacular breed of hunting bird Darien had perfected. Since then the MOngols have searched relentlessly for the son of the slain hawker.