![]() ![]() She proposes that flyers be chosen on the basis of merit, so that only the best fly. ![]() Maris challenges flyer tradition when she speaks up for herself and her stepbrother, Coll, defending their right to pursue their individual dreams. And Coll wants nothing more than to be a singer, to spend his life traveling the planet by sea, composing and singing the songs that will carry legends and tales around the world. The daughter of a fisherman, she has no right to the wings of her stepfather, who will pass them on to his son, Coll. Maris of Amberly is land-bound-and she wants nothing more than to fly. Tradition also dictates that flyers will carry no weapons, and that they will remain politically aloof, detached from the messages they carry. Tradition is strong in the flyers’ guild, and tradition has always dictated that new members must be the children of flyers, that wings can be passed only from a flyer to his oldest child. On this planet of small islands, monster-infected seas and stormy skies, the only means of regular communication between islands is the flyers, a society of men and women who carry messages from island to island, serving those who are land-bound. Survivors discovered that people could actually fly on this world, aided by the light gravity and dense atmosphere, and using wings made from a virtually indestructible metal fabric that had once been part of the starship. Vincent Di Fate’s cover for the 1st editionįrom the inside flap: “The planet Windhaven was settled by humans after the crash of a colony starship. ![]()
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