Black Canary: Breaking Silence

Black Canary: Breaking Silence by Alexandra Monir is a young-adult origin novel in DC's Icons line, which pairs bestselling authors with iconic DC characters. It reinvents the heroine Dinah Lance in a dystopian Gotham City where the authoritarian Court of Owls has outlawed women's singing under penalty of death.

The story follows Dinah as she uncovers the truth about her late mother, the previous Black Canary, and the sonic Canary Cry power that runs in her blood. Alongside a slow-burn romance with newcomer Oliver Queen and a growing underground resistance, the novel frames the classic superhero mythos as a pointed allegory about silenced voices, female solidarity, and speaking out.

Blending superhero lore with feminist dystopia, Breaking Silence is a standalone entry accessible to readers new to the character.