![]() ![]() But even as she triumphs, a host of new troubles confronts her. Determined to establish flying competitions and training academies for those not of the flyer-born classes, she wages a bitter battle for change. So Maris dares to challenge tradition and the law by demanding that flyers be chosen by merit rather than inheritance. ![]() But it is Maris''''s stepbrother who stands to inherit the irreplaceable wings when he comes of age-though he dreams of pursuing a very different path. She yearns to soar high above the water on the sky''''s buffeting currents. Maris of Lesser Amberly is only a fisherman''''s daughter, but as much a descendant of the star sailors who founded her world as the flyer family who adopted her. Among the scattered islands of the ocean-bound world called Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers-humans borne on handcrafted wings who cross treacherous seas, braving shifting winds and sudden storms, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to Windhaven''''s far-flung communities. ![]()
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