cover image Firesong

Firesong

William Nicholson. Hyperion Books, $17.99 (428pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-0571-6

With Firesong, author William Nicholson brings the Wind on Fire trilogy, begun with The Wind Singer, to a close. Led by their prophetess mother, twins Bowman and Kestrel travel with the Manth people to their promised land, struggling along the way Bowman with desire, and Kestrel with the troubling realization that she cannot foresee life beyond this journey.