Avians - Gwyn, Timothy

As New: Orphans, Runaways. Thieves. "The Avians don't ask questions about a girl's past. Or her age. They need glider pilots, and the smaller the better. Raisa is 14. Born to a line of powerful silk merchants, her rebellion against an arranged marriage is doomed. The Avians are her only alternative. Mel is the young servant blamed for Raisa's disappearance. She meets an Avian recruiter and seizes the chance to spite her employer. When Mel and Raisa are sworn in with two other girls to form Blackbird squad, their simmering conflict undermines the whole team. The flying is difficult, the discipline is fierce, and the older pilots don't even bother to learn their names. The Blackbirds are starting to look like the weakest squad in years. Then a deadly accident reveals the truth: only the best survive." Timothy Gwyn has made a career of flying in remote parts of Canada. His writing expresses his special affection for what he calls alternative aviation: machines and methods of flying that bear little resemblance to airline travel. 
As New
Soft cover
Binary Planet Books
2020
Kenora, ON