Prüfungen sind allgegenwärtig im ummauerten Stadtstaat Aramanth: Wer die von den Behörden festgelegten Ziele erreicht, dessen Ansehen steigt, er darf in eine vornehme Wohngegend umziehen. Wem das nicht gelingt, der wird gedemütigt und muss in schäbigen, engen Häuserblocks wohnen. Ständiger Leistungszwang und Konkurrenzkampf haben Aramanth zu einer Diktatur gemacht, in der Hass, Neid und panische Versagensangst die Atmosphäre vergiften und jede Individualität unterdrücken. Als Kestrel Hath, die aus einer unkonventionellen Familie kommt, von ihrem Lehrer auf erniedrigende Weise gemaßregelt wird, rastet sie aus: Sie klettert auf den "Windsänger", einen mythischen Bau im Zentrum der Stadt, und brüllt in wüsten Beschimpfungen ihren Zorn auf das Regime heraus. Ihr Vater wandert dafür ins Gefängnis, ihr selbst bleibt nur noch die Flucht: Zusammen mit ihrem Zwillingsbruder Bowman verlässt sie auf ebenso gefährlichen wie wundersamen Wegen die Stadt Aramanth. Doch zuvor bekommen die beiden nocheinen lebenswichtigen Auftrag mit auf den Weg: Der Kaiser Aramanths, der, wie Kestrel erfahren muss, selbst ein Gefangener der Stadtoberen ist, bittet sie die Stimme des Windsängers zurückzuholen, dessen Gesang einst alle Bewohner Aramanths glücklich machte. Darüber war aber der böse Gott Morah so erzürnt, dass man ihm die Stimme des Windsängers hatte ausliefern müssen, um die Stadt vor seiner Rache zu verschonen und seither ist Aramanth ein Ort des Schreckens. Werden Kestrel und Bowman den Morah finden? Gelingt es ihnen, ihre Stadt zu retten? Eine gefahrvolle und abenteuerliche Reise beginnt ...
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William Nicholson was born in 1948 and received his early education at Downside School, a Roman Catholic monastic school set in the countryside near Bath. He went on to study English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with a double First Class degree in 1970. After leaving university, William joined BBC television, where he worked as a documentary film maker. It was not long before William's talent was channelled into writing for television dramas and his professional writing career took off. William is perhaps best known as an experienced and successful Hollywood screenwriter, whose credits include the BAFTA award-winning SHADOWLANDS and Oscar-winning GLADIATOR. Nicholson's first trilogy for young readers, The Wind on Fire, met with universal acclaim. Nicholson has won the Smarties Gold Award and the Blue Peter Book Award. He has been cited as one of the most gifted and imaginative writers alive in the world today. William lives in Sussex with his wife Virginia, and their three children.
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