Kirit is of an age to pass her wingtest, which would give her license to fly as far from her home tower as she needs to, at which point she expects that she will apprentice with her mother and learn the trade of, well, a trader. People fly between towers using wings of bone and silk, or send messenger birds, or build bridges made from the sinew of invisible monsters known as skymouths. Kirit lives in a world high above the cloud, an expansive city made from towers of living bone. I thought it was high time I refreshed my memory of the book and finally wrote the review that has been so long in coming. It wasn’t because I didn’t enjoy it far from it, I thought Updraft was as good then as I did upon rereading it this time. Thoughts: I initially read this book some years ago, but didn’t get around to reviewing it then. 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. 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.Īs she grows in knowledge and power, she starts to uncover the depths of Spire secrets.

When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city’s secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. 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. Summary: Welcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage.

Updraft by Fran Wilde