After the dust settles, the City of living bones begins to die, and more
trouble brews beneath the clouds in this stirring companion to Fran
Wilde's Updraft.
When Kirit Densira left her home tower for the skies, she gave up many
things: her beloved family, her known way of life, her dreams of flying
as a trader for her tower, her dreams. Kirit set her City upside down,
and fomented a massive rebellion at the Spire, to the good of the
towers - but months later, everything has fallen to pieces.
With the Towers in disarray, without a governing body or any defense
against the dangers lurking in the clouds, daily life is full of terror
and strife. Naton, Kirit's wing-brother, sets out to be a hero in his
own way - sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting
Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair
the struggling City.
But what he finds down-tier is more secrets - and now Nat will have to
decide who to trust, and how to trust himself without losing those he
holds most dear, before a dangerous myth raises a surprisingly realistic
threat to the crippled City, in Cloudbound.