**"Told with a true storyteller's voice: clear, singing, persuasive, and wonderfully moving . . . a truly wonderful book."--Jane Yolen** **From #1 *New York Times* bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle comes a timeless tale that brilliantly renders the strugg
Windhaven
✍ Scribed by George R.R. Martin
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0553897195
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✦ Synopsis
"Told with a true storyteller's voice: clear, singing, persuasive, and wonderfully moving . . . a truly wonderful book."--Jane Yolen
From #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle comes a timeless tale that brilliantly renders the struggle between the ironbound world of tradition and a rebellious soul seeking to prove the power of a dream.
Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers, romantic figures who cross treacherous oceans, braving shifting winds and sudden storms, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace. Maris of Amberly, a fisherman's daughter, wants nothing more than to soar on the currents high above Windhaven. So she challenges tradition, demanding that flyers be chosen by merit rather than inheritance. But even after winning that bitter battle, Maris finds...
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