In this world, there are humans who live ordinary human lives, and there is a world of fantastical creatures that exist just in stories. Aria is a windling, a child of the wind. As a windling, she lives in a castle that floats high up in the clouds, and hangs out with all manner of flying creatures. But one day she awakes to find that the wind is gone, she can no longer float, and her castle is literally grounded. In her epic search for her parent, she meets some good and bad humans and the other otherlings, whose parents are the water, fire, and earth. Many stories about fantastical beings focus on saving the world while being unseen by humans, but until the elements were abducted, the otherlings simply moved and acted within their own realms, taking care of the creatures in their own domain and learning from their parents. This hero's-journey-style story, written in the first person, is a total page-turner and a fresh perspective in the world of fantasy.