Vanessa Holloway 
The Cradle Made of Winds [EPUB ebook] 
Lost Songs of the Universe

The galaxy’s song is dying. The Whispering Void, a nebula of iridescent chaos, has silenced interstellar travel, stranding civilizations and choking the lifeline of commerce.  Hope flickers in the ancient songs of the Anta-Mai, nomadic starfarers who navigate not by technology, but by the celestial cartography woven into their melodies.  Aboard the *Windweaver*, a ship propelled by living sails, Sila, a young map-singer, carries the “Song of Ascendancy, ” a melody promising a path to Aethel, the Cradle of Winds, a world rumored to hold the key to restoring galactic harmony. But Sila’s journey is more than a quest for salvation; it’s a search for her own forgotten past, a past intertwined with the Anta-Mai’s exile and the very storm threatening to consume the galaxy.
Joining Sila are a cast of compelling characters: Thomas Cox, a cynical astro-cartographer haunted by the failure of his technology, now seeking redemption in the Anta-Mai’s ancient wisdom; Christine Jackson, the *Windweaver’s* seasoned navigator, driven by the memory of a lost family to find hope in Aethel; and Kelli Kerr, a scholar ostracized for her fascination with the Anta-Mai, walking a precarious line between genuine admiration and academic exploitation.
Their voyage through the Whispering Void is a symphony of light and sound, a breathtaking dance through nebulae teeming with bioluminescent flora and sentient crystalline entities.  They forge an alliance with the Zephyrs, a guild of wind-powered pilots who recognize a kindred spirit in the Anta-Mai. But their path is shadowed by the Obsidian Consortium, a powerful organization seeking to control Aethel’s power for their own ends, led by the ruthless Nancy Warren.
As Sila’s songs guide the *Windweaver* closer to Aethel, they awaken the storm’s consciousness, a cosmic leviathan whose whispers carry echoes of forgotten languages and the dark secrets of the Anta-Mai exodus. A desperate space battle ensues at the fringes of Aethel, a breathtaking ballet of wind-powered ships and energy weapons, testing the limits of Christine’s piloting skills and Thomas’s newfound faith.  On Aethel, Sila confronts Nancy Warren in a clash of ideologies, a debate over the very nature of power and responsibility.