From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Kingfountain
Series comes the first novel in a bold and richly imagined world.
Theirs is a world of opposites. The privileged live in sky manors held
aloft by a secretive magic known only as the Mysteries. Below, the
earthbound poor are forced into factory work to maintain the engine of
commerce. Only the wealthy can afford to learn the Mysteries, and they
use their knowledge to further lock their hold on society.
Cettie Pratt is a waif doomed to the world below, until an admiral
attempts to adopt her. But in her new home in the clouds, not everyone
treats her as one of the family.
Sera Fitzempress is a princess born into power. She yearns to meet the
orphan girl she has heard so much about, but her father deems the girl
unworthy of his daughter's curiosity.
Neither girl feels that she belongs. Each seeks to break free of imposed
rules. Now, as Cettie dreams of living above and as Sera is drawn to the
world below, they will follow the paths of their own choosing.
But both girls will be needed for the coming storm that threatens to
overturn both their worlds.