A gripping story from an exotic world where mysterious forces seek power and it is the fate of a teenage girl to fight back.

„They simply appear beside children the night after they are born and disappear the night after a person dies.“ Sigyn smiled the weariest smile Kolfinna had ever seen. „They are one of the mysteries of life. The wings and the East.“

Kolfinna is fifteen years old and life is full of questions: What is the point of having wings if you can’t use them? What is the threat her parents whisper about out in the shed, when they think she doesn’t hear? And what does it say in the prophecy, which only the adults in the village know?

Awards and nominations

• 3rd place in the Icelandic Bookseller’s Prize for best Children’s Book 2012

Reviews

“An original and fun adventure, that explores complex questions about what it really means to be a hero.”
Brynhildur Heiðar- og Ómarsdóttir / Fréttablaðið Daily

“The book is an easy and exciting read. It is skillfully written and very imaginative. It challenges conventional gender roles in an original way.”
Kristjana Guðbrandsdóttir / DV newspaper