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Black wings beating is the first book in the skybound series of ya fantasy set in a world of cutthroat falconry. Mediumsized tanager with brilliant red head, bright yellow body, black back, wings, and tail. Female is olivegreen above, with gray back and yellow underparts. Alex londons young adult fantasy skybound saga is the story of brysen and kylee, brother and sister twins who come from a family of facloners. In a quasimedieval fantasy world of battle falconry, boygirl twins brysen and kylee go on a quest to capture a ghost eagle, which forces them to confront their traumatic childhoods and diverging futures. Alex london the people of uztar have long looked to the sky with hope and wonder. The main characters of this fantasy, young adult story are. Nothing in their world is more revered than the birds of prey and no one more honored than the falconers who call them to their fists.
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