Gerfalcon

Résumé · The novel is set around the fourteenth century in an alternate medieval France called Neustria (historically an early division of the Frankish kingdom).[3] Raoul, the young heir to the barony of Marckmont (described as "a blend of elf and owl and boy") grows up to become a sensitive, intelligent young man who prefers reading and song to the so-called knightly virtues of war and slaughter. At seventeen, he takes off on his own and thus begin a series of adventures that will both test and mature him