Kaitlin Bellamy is a writer of extraordinary ingenuity and compassion. The ingenuity shows up in her world creation and the societies that form within it; the compassion allows her to create characters in deep and important human relationships. It is a world of danger and violence; it is also a world where love, pity, and loyalty have value in preserving what has most value to the characters.

Bellamy's storytelling is mature beyond her years, showing skills and invention that promise even greater things to come. She also writes with vivacity that keeps readers engaged and involved.

I was eager to read on; it's hard to put down Windswept in order to attend to the normal duties of life. But of course: The lives of Fox, his good friend Lai, and many other characters are more vivid than our own, and Bellamy's urgency in telling their tale is infectious. How can I step away from a story of people I have come to care about so much?

-- Orson Scott Card, NYT Bestselling Author of Ender's Game