Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm are back home in Lontown and finally
settling in after their exhilarating--and secret--adventures in Erythea.
Maudie's sky-ak invention is a hit, and Harriet has just announced that
she will share her sky-ship's hydroelectric technology.
But tensions are brewing. Pitch is becoming more and more difficult to
mine, and the existence of super-sapient creatures on other continents
threatens how the Explorers see themselves in the natural order of the
world. When Arthur and Maudie begin hearing a strange song summoning
them north--a song only they can hear--they know there's an adventure
waiting for them that may change the lives of everyone in the Wide. As
the crew of the Aurora prepares for their trip, they're joined by new
members and old friends. But they're not the only sky-ship journeying
northward to uncover the region's secrets. . . .
Return to Vashti Hardy's "marvelously imagined" world (Publisher's
Weekly) in this sweeping and propulsive new addition to the Brightstorm
series.