The Fledging of Az Gabrielson

The Fledging of Az Gabrielson
Author :
Publisher : Gollancz
Total Pages : 278
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780575085985
ISBN-13 : 0575085983
Rating : 4/5 (983 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Fledging of Az Gabrielson by : Jay Amory

Download or read book The Fledging of Az Gabrielson written by Jay Amory and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Az is one of the Airborn. With a stretch and a beat of their eight foot wings his people travel effortlessly around and between their cities, perched high above the clouds. Its a life of ease and airy beauty. Only Az has no wings, so in his glorious world of freedom and flight, he is a painful - and isolated - oddity. And then one day he is picked out for a job. A job below the clouds. The system of massive automated elevators which send up everything the Airborn need to survive, are breaking down - and threatening to take the Airborn society with them. Someone has to go down to the Ground to find out what has happened and Az, with his wingless similarity to the prehistoric Groundlings, looks to be perfect for the task of hunting for answers beneath the clouds. But on the Ground, in the vast shadows of the cities, Az finds more questions than answers: a benighted people who worship a dim notion of the Airborn and aspire to be like them. A people who fill elevators with tributes to their winged deities. A people who are beginning to think their way of life is part of a very un-natural order of things. And a girl called Cassie Grubdollar, who's definitely no angel ...


The Fledging of Az Gabrielson Related Books

The Fledging of Az Gabrielson
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Jay Amory
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-30 - Publisher: Gollancz

GET EBOOK

Az is one of the Airborn. With a stretch and a beat of their eight foot wings his people travel effortlessly around and between their cities, perched high above
The Wingless Boy
Language: en
Pages: 727
Authors: Jay Amory
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-18 - Publisher: Gollancz

GET EBOOK

Gathered together in this superb value omnibus are the first two books in The Clouded World series. Written by debut novelist Jay Amory, these are fast-paced, t
Age of Shiva
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: James Lovegrove
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-26 - Publisher: Solaris

GET EBOOK

THE AGE OF WAR! Zachary Bramwell, better known as the comics artist Zak Zap, is pushing forty and wondering why his life isn’t as exciting as the lives of the
Red Eye
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: James Lovegrove
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-25 - Publisher: Solaris

GET EBOOK

A BAD DAY IN THE BIG APPLE The eastern seaboard of the USA is experiencing the worst winter weather in living memory, and John Redlaw is in the cold white thick
The Age of Ra
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: James Lovegrove
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-28 - Publisher: Solaris

GET EBOOK

The Ancient Egyptian gods have defeated all the other pantheons and claimed dominion over the earth, dividing it into warring factions. Lt. David Westwynter, a