The sails were the product of the old technology, lost long ago in the
depleted Earth, and they were priceless. For with those fantastic sheets
of etheric material, ships could sail the sky and even brave the radiant
tides between worlds and stars.
The alchemists who had replaced the scientists still sought the ancient
secrets... and Rachad, apprentice to such a would-be wizard, learned
that the key to his quest lay in a book abandoned in a Martian colonial
ruin long, long ago.
But how to get to Mars ? There was one way left - take a sea vessel, caulk
it airtight, steal new sails, and fly the star winds in the way of the
ancient windjammers.
Here is an intriguing, unusual and colorful novel of ships that sail the
stars riding before the solar breeze that blows between the worlds.
"Hard to tell whether it's sf or fantasy, but it's certainly one of the eccentric Mr Bayley's more engaging works." - David Pringle
