
Updraft
Bone Universe, Book 1
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for £18.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Khristine Hvam
-
By:
-
Fran Wilde
About this listen
Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage.
Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from greater censure, Kirit must give up her dreams to throw herself into the dangerous training at the Spire, the tallest, most forbidding tower, deep at the heart of the City.
As she grows in knowledge and power, she starts to uncover the depths of Spire secrets. Kirit begins to doubt her world and its unassailable Laws, setting in motion a chain of events that will lead to a haunting choice and may well change the city forever - if it isn't destroyed outright.
©2015 Fran Wilde (P)2015 Audible, Inc.Critic reviews
"The world of the towers grown from bone, where residents strap on wings and soar the air currents, is captivating.... a world that readers will be anxious to revisit in future volumes of this exciting new series." (Library Journal)
Annoying performance
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It's not perfect, there are a couple of sections that felt as if they were checking off YA Fantasy Novel tropes, but these sections were mercifully short. When Updraft is fleshing out its world, and having its characters struggle against entrenched hierarchy, it's wonderful.
I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series, but I'm also very, very concerned that it's going to have a love triangle in it. The triangle doesn't exactly establish itself in Updraft, but Fran lays the seeds for one. Hopefully she thought better of it.
Good fun, interesting world, worried about sequels
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.