The Endless Skies
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Publisher Description
Shannon Price's The Endless Skies is a breakout standalone epic fantasy about shapeshifting warriors perfect for fans of Adrienne Young and Wonder Woman.
High above the sea, floats the pristine city of the Heliana. Home to winged-lion shapeshifters—the Leonodai—and protected from the world of humans by an elite group of warriors, the Heliana has only known peace.
After years of brutal training, seventeen-year-old Rowan is ready to prove her loyalty to the city and her people to become one of the Leonodai warriors. But before Rowan can take the oath, a deadly disease strikes the city’s children. Soon the warriors—including two of Rowan’s closest friends—are sent on a dangerous mission to find a fabled panacea deep within enemy lands.
Left behind, Rowan learns a devastating truth that could compromise the mission and the fate of the Heliana itself. She must make a decision: stay with the city and become a warrior like she always dreamed, or risk her future in an attempt to save everyone she loves. Whatever Rowan decides, she has to do it fast, because time is running out, and peace can only last so long...
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For decades, the Leonodai, winged lion shape-shifters who inhabit the floating city known as the Heliana, have protected the three other magical races of Vyrinterra from the constant threat of humans who dwell on the continent of Balmora. But when a deadly disease strikes the Leonodai's children, the sky kingdom must send warriors to Balmora to retrieve the only known cure at any cost. Dark-haired, dark brown–eyed warrior-elect Rowan An'Talla, 17, hopes to join that mission alongside her crush Ox and best friend Callen, both already warriors, but the warrior-elects are ordered to remain behind and protect the city. Stumbling across vital information, Rowan sets forth on her own, only to discover that the humans are harboring a terrible secret that could doom all of Vyrinterra. Price (A Thousand Fires) shifts between the perspectives of Rowan; her blonde, blue-eyed, 24-year-old sentinel sister Shirene; and light brown–haired Callen to focus both on the questers abroad and the plight of the Heliana's inhabitants. A love triangle subplot feels formulaic, but Price's fantastical world is complex and intriguing, especially the conflict between tradition and technological progress, in this ambitious epic adventure. Ages 13–up.
