Black Canary: Breaking Silence
-Alexandra Monir
Dinah Lance was seven years old when she overheard the impossible: the sound of a girl singing. It was something she was never meant to hear—not in her lifetime, and not in Gotham City, taken over by the Court of Owls. The sinister organization rules Gotham as a patriarchal dictatorship, all the while spreading their influence like a virus across the globe.
Now seventeen, Dinah can’t forget that haunting sound, and she’s beginning to discover that her own voice is just as powerful. But singing is forbidden—a one-way stop to a certain death sentence. Can she balance her father’s desire to keep her safe, a blossoming romance with mysterious new student Oliver Queen, and her own desire to help other women and girls rise up and finally be heard? And will her voice be powerful enough to destroy the Court of Owls once and for all?
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This origin story is a bit of the Handmaid’s Tale meets the DC Icons universe. The premise of this book is the main character using her voice for social change and empowerment of women, who have been denied basic rights in a future, dystopian Gotham City. Many DC characters are present in the story (Batgirl, Lady Shiva, the Penguin and Oliver Queen) and their characters were fully fleshed out and enhanced the story about Black Canary. Fun fact: This book was written by a teen singer who wrote original songs and has plans to release several singles based on this story.
Heidi Y.