Wings of Quiet CourageKael’s world was one of solid, comforting ground. He was a boy of the earth, with dirt under his fingernails from tending his garden and a heart that beat a frantic rhythm whenever he so much as climbed a ladder. The sky was a beautiful, terrifying expanse, a realm for others—not for him.But the Sky-Talons, majestic eagles with feathers like molten gold and a sacred connection to the sun, were dying. An ancient blight was slowly turning their wings to stone. The only cure, the village elders said, was the Sun-Sap, a resin that dripped from a