Author: Deanna Miller

 ISBN: 0972542418

The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews 

In a different plane of existence, Hesper the Alula
and Tristan the Boytaur are secret friends, even
though their species are supposed to have nothing to
do with each other. Late at night, they like to go
flying, with Hesper and her wings supplying the wing
power, and holding on to Tristan, a four-legged
centaur. The leaders of Hesper's people find out, and,
as a punishment, Send Hesper to the human plane. The
barriers between the planes of existence are
weakening, and the only way to fix it is to Send
Alulas to the human plane. The downside is that those
who are Sent lose their wings, and all memory of their
previous lives.

A year later, Hesper is your average high school
student. One day, she meets an interesting boy in a
wheelchair who likes hang gliding. Tristan has found a
way to travel between planes and keep his memory. He
just had to give up some other part of his body, like
use of his legs. Hesper is reluctant to accept that
she may have had a previous life with wings, but
accept she does. The two travel to another plane,
called the Barren Plane, where supposedly nothing
lives. They meet a race of light beings called
Dyaphinees, who tell Hesper that the Sending of Alulas
to the human plane, is not the solution, but the
problem. Hesper also discovers, to her shock, that her
friend Tristan is not exactly who he says he is.

This is a young adult novel that is not just for young
adults. It's fresh, interesting, very easy to read,
and well worth the reader's time.