The Cradle Made of Winds (eBook)

Lost Songs of the Universe

Vanessa Holloway (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

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2025 | 1. Auflage
152 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-070438-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The galaxy's song is dying. The Whispering Void, a nebula of iridescent chaos, has silenced interstellar travel, stranding civilizations and choking the lifeline of commerce.  Hope flickers in the ancient songs of the Anta-Mai, nomadic starfarers who navigate not by technology, but by the celestial cartography woven into their melodies.  Aboard the *Windweaver*, a ship propelled by living sails, Sila, a young map-singer, carries the 'Song of Ascendancy,' a melody promising a path to Aethel, the Cradle of Winds, a world rumored to hold the key to restoring galactic harmony. But Sila's journey is more than a quest for salvation; it's a search for her own forgotten past, a past intertwined with the Anta-Mai's exile and the very storm threatening to consume the galaxy.
Joining Sila are a cast of compelling characters: Thomas Cox, a cynical astro-cartographer haunted by the failure of his technology, now seeking redemption in the Anta-Mai's ancient wisdom; Christine Jackson, the *Windweaver's* seasoned navigator, driven by the memory of a lost family to find hope in Aethel; and Kelli Kerr, a scholar ostracized for her fascination with the Anta-Mai, walking a precarious line between genuine admiration and academic exploitation.
Their voyage through the Whispering Void is a symphony of light and sound, a breathtaking dance through nebulae teeming with bioluminescent flora and sentient crystalline entities.  They forge an alliance with the Zephyrs, a guild of wind-powered pilots who recognize a kindred spirit in the Anta-Mai. But their path is shadowed by the Obsidian Consortium, a powerful organization seeking to control Aethel's power for their own ends, led by the ruthless Nancy Warren.
As Sila's songs guide the *Windweaver* closer to Aethel, they awaken the storm's consciousness, a cosmic leviathan whose whispers carry echoes of forgotten languages and the dark secrets of the Anta-Mai exodus. A desperate space battle ensues at the fringes of Aethel, a breathtaking ballet of wind-powered ships and energy weapons, testing the limits of Christine's piloting skills and Thomas's newfound faith.  On Aethel, Sila confronts Nancy Warren in a clash of ideologies, a debate over the very nature of power and responsibility.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.1.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• ISBN-10: 0-00-070438-5 / 0000704385
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-070438-2 / 9780000704382