The fifth installment of the DC Icons series, and with one of my favorite female heroes. In a dystopian Gotham where Batman has passed and the Court of Owls rule Gotham, things have always been challenging for seventeen year old Dinah Lance. Since their take over, women singing has been outlawed and silenced in what was known as The Silencing.
Dinah has always had a fascination with singing, every since she heard a girl singing in an off limits opera house when she was eight. When she tries to sneak into the opera house years later, she and her friends Ty and Mandy are caught by the Court's enforcers known as Talons. After her police chief father, Larry Lance, brings her home, her senior year will become even more complicated. As Dinah finds herself pulled into trouble and a fight against the Court, she starts to learn more about herself and her late mother Dinah Lance (If you are unfamiliar, Dinah Lance was the original Black Canary back in the Golden Age of comics and was succeeded by her daughter Dinah Drake in the Silver Age onwards). This novel shows us life in Gotham from the perspective of Dinah, who loved music and is trying to find her voice. Along the way, she will make a new friend, find love, and powers she never knew she had. We also get to see some familiar faces, most notable an older Barbara Gordon who now is going by Oracle and was a close friend to Dinah's mother. Along with faces like Lady Shiva, Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), and Rory Regan (Ragman).
Overall, this was an enjoyable read and is probably my favorite of the DC Icons novels (I have read Batman: Nightcrawlers and the graphic novelization of Wonder Woman: Warbringer). This does not require you to read any of the other DC Icon novels to understand what is going on. This is a great book for Young Adult audiences.
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