{"product_id":"windhaven","title":"Windhaven","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge R. R. 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. Lisa Tuttle has won acclaim from fans of science fiction  horror  and fantasy alike most recently for her haunting novel The Pillow Friend. 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.  The planet of Windhaven was not originally a home to humans  but it became one following the crash of a colony starship. It is a world of small islands  harsh weather  and monster-infested seas. Communication among the scattered settlements was virtually impossible until the discovery that  thanks to light gravity and a dense atmosphere  humans were able to fly with the aid of metal wings made of bits of the cannibalized spaceship.  Many generations later  among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven  no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers  who bring news  gossip  songs  and stories. They are romantic figures crossing treacherous oceans  braving shifting winds and sudden storms that could easily dash them from the sky to instant death. They are also members of an increasingly elite caste  for the wingsalways in limited quantityare growing gradually rarer as their bearers perish.  With such elitism comes arrogance and a rigid adherence to hidebound tradition. And for the flyers  allowing just anyone to join their cadre is an idea that borders on heresy. Wings are meant only for the offspring of flyersnow the new nobility of Windhaven. Except that sometimes life is not quite so neat.  Maris of Amberly  a fishermans daughter  was raised by a flyer and wants nothing more than to soar on the currents high above Windhaven. By tradition  however  the wings must go to her stepbrother  Coll  the flyers legitimate son. But Coll wants only to be a singer  traveling the world by sea. So Maris challenges tradition  demanding that flyers be chosen on the basis of merit rather than inheritance. And when she wins that bitter battle  she discovers that her troubles are only beginning.  For not all flyers are willing to accept the worlds new structure  and as Maris battles to teach those who yearn to fly  she finds herself likewise fighting to preserve the integrity of a society she so longed to joinnot to mention the very fabric that holds her culture together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948865679413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553577905","price":59.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553577907.jpg?v=1770060225","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/windhaven","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}