| Finisterra | |
| Author: | David Moles |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction novelette |
| Published In: | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| Publication Type: | Magazine |
| Pub Date: | December 2007 |
"Finisterra" is a science fiction novelette by American writer David Moles, originally published in the December 2007 of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It won the 2008 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award,[1] and was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[2]
The story follows Bianca Nazario, an aeronautical engineer who grew up on Earth as a minority Christian living under an Islamic government. After her parents die and her brothers get married she takes a contract on the planet of Sky to help poachers kill Zaratanes - mountain sized beasts floating above the planet. Soon after arrival she witnesses the destruction of a Zaratan, as well as the brutality of her employer, and must decide whether to truly help the poachers or not.