Now together they gift readers with this classic tale of a brilliantly rendered world of ironbound tradition, where a rebellious soul seeks to prove the power of a dream. Lisa Tuttle has won acclaim from fans of science fiction, horror, and fantasy alike - most recently for her haunting novel The Pillow Friend. Martin has thrilled a generation of readers with his epic works of the imagination, most recently the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling saga told in the novels A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords. The authors gave us a heroine, a planet, and a story that teach as they entertain. Windhaven is a thought-provoking book, challenging us by depicting the potential consequences when young idealists break ancient traditions. Although the background in each certainly enhances the understanding of the following one, this knowledge is not at all essential to appreciating each chapter as a discrete entity that can stand alone.

They are told in sequential order as Maris ages, but resemble short stories featuring the same character more than chapters in a novel. In so doing, however, she opens the skies to all the hopeful land-bound, with serious social and political repercussions for both populations.Įach of the five chapters relates a different incident in Maris's struggle to first become a flyer and to then open the skies, and the flyers' minds, to the rest of the land-bound. She convinces the flyers to break their ancient dynastic traditions for a selfish reason-to gain a pair of wings. But she is land-bound: she was not born into a family of flyers, those who inherit their wings from their ancestors and convey messages, songs, and stories between the isolated islands of Windhaven. It tells the life story of a girl whose desire is so strong that it literally changes her world. If Windhaven weren't a fantasy book, it would be a selection for Oprah's books club, in the best sense.

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