The skies are filled with invisible predators. Updraft: A city of living bone rises high above the clouds. Big ones.Īnd, just in case people didn’t catch the first novel, how would you pitch the series to a new reader?

Where Updraft was a story above the clouds, Cloudbound - well, the title tells you a lot about where we’re headed. And yup, more monsters. Politics in the city of living bone are more complex than ever, as are relationships - Nat’s and Kirit’s friendship is tested beyond the breaking point, as is Nat’s understanding of how the city works. Where Updraft was in some ways about voice - and who speaks, who is heard, and who is not, Cloudbound shifts to a new focus, and a new narrator: Nat.Īfter the events in Updraft, Nat’s learning how to be a leader, and the benefits and costs of doing so. What can fans of the first novel expect from the new book? (Sept.Your next novel, Cloudbound, is the follow-up to Updraft and due out in September 2016. Agent: Rachel Kory, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. This well-written and fascinating exploration of a strange land is an extremely promising start for an exciting new writer. The setting is marvelously unusual, a city grown from living bone and populated by everyday people who have left the ground far behind though Wilde leaves many questions unanswered, this only adds to the mystery and delight, encouraging the reader to suspend disbelief and become immersed in Kirit’s story. The beginning is languid, but once Kirit takes the plunge and begins to unravel the stories of the Singers, readers will be riveted. With nowhere else to turn, Kirit eventually accepts her new place among the Singers, where she will learn the best-kept secrets of her beloved city and the lies that are told in the name of peace. But when she illegally leaves shelter during an attack by the monstrous skymouths, Kirit reveals a rare ability and finds herself under pressure from the mysterious Singers, who rule the city from the Spire at its center: she must join them, or she-and her loved ones-will be punished. Kirit Densira has no greater wish than to become a trader like her mother, bargaining for exotic goods and flying through their unnamed city of spires on silken wings. Extraordinary worldbuilding and cascading levels of intrigue make Wilde’s debut fantasy novel soar.

Updraft a novel fran wilde