The rarest bird of all -- a George R.R. Martin fantasy that is NOT part of a multi-book series! Wow! What will they think of next?
Seriously, Martin and co-author Lisa Tuttle have created an alien but recognizably human world where the descendants of stranded spacefarers have cannibalized parts of solar sail ships to create wings allowing a few, specially-trained men and women to fly on the planet's unceasing winds.
The first section of the book, where a young woman whose social class bars her from ever learning to fly, could be any YA fantasy. But that's ***just*** the first section. After that, the issues and problems become very grown-up indeed, and nothing is quite as simple and straightforward as it seemed.
Seriously, Martin and co-author Lisa Tuttle have created an alien but recognizably human world where the descendants of stranded spacefarers have cannibalized parts of solar sail ships to create wings allowing a few, specially-trained men and women to fly on the planet's unceasing winds.
The first section of the book, where a young woman whose social class bars her from ever learning to fly, could be any YA fantasy. But that's ***just*** the first section. After that, the issues and problems become very grown-up indeed, and nothing is quite as simple and straightforward as it seemed.
