Sisters of the Wind is a collection of short stories that revolve around the triumph of the female spirit. Some of the stories run as follows:

The Cull – Seladon is a commander in an elite government culling force. When she is ordered to annihilate an innocent race she questions her orders and the morality of committing such an act of genocide.

Donors – The planet is dying. Acid rain is gradually destroying what remains of the forest and there seems to be no future to speak of. When Natty is approached by an alien, Rijk he seems to offer a solution to their problems. He speaks of taking them away from their doomed world in a fleet of ships. However, there is a catch. They can only save the children.

Intrinsic Value - Sarah is a midwife in a world where all pregnancies must be registered and only people who are free from medical problems are permitted to have children. Couples with sufficient money can defy the rules and risk having a child despite the regulations but they do this knowing that any health problems detected at birth will deny the child future medical treatment.

These are an unusual set of stories. Each addresses the concept of the female spirit winning through in a variety of circumstances. The writing style is essentially feminist and, as such, the collection may appeal mainly to women.

Sisters of the Wind is an enjoyable and unusual collection covering a wide variety of themes. However, although I loved some of the stories, a couple left me feeling a little anticlimactic.

If you are a fan of feminist concept fiction then give this a try. It may not set the world alight but it is most definitely different.

Synopsis
The wind - sculptor of stone, chiseler of earth. As gentle as a lover's caress or a vengeful wraith smiting the land--it is the eternal shaper of worlds and events. A chameleon, it shifts moods like the desert sands, its voice a gentle lullaby, a scream of rage, an eerie dirge--a whispered secret. Like the wind, the female spirit has sculpted the face of time. Girl, woman, matron--be it a personal triumph or global victory, she has etched her name in stone. The essence of womanhood speaks from a collection of fifteen science fiction stories welcoming the reader into the diverse female universe.