Floryn is Skyborne, a voyager on one of the many airship crews that fly between the separated provinces of Perii, along with her sister Livya, and an Undesirable: a genetically engineered child ultimately abandoned by her parents. When her fleet's illegal exploits in the kingdom's heart go awry, only a frantic plan by a group of rebels can save them: present Floryn as the long-lost daughter of the king and queen and heiress of Perii, brought to light just in time to prepare for her Claiming, a right of which Floryn has never heard of before. Molded into a princess by allies she cannot trust, tutored by a mysterious scribe, and desperate to protect Livya's life, it is up to the girl with the unbecoming eyes to save her fleet and return to some semblance of safety, far from the corrupt king's reign.
Celia de Visher worked her whole life for her high position in the biggest criminal cartel in the Raised Cities Confederation. But she knows that if she wants to survive in the slowly degrading world where industrialisation led to the flood that wiped most of the known land cities, she needs to aim higher.
To the skies.
She steals one of the few remaining skyships and heads toward the Thundering Massive - a mountain range that walls off the known territory from uncharted lands of the New World.
Unfortunately, the enraged cartel boss will not let her slip away so easily. The only chance for success and achieving her explorer dreams might be siding with the current government. But why would they aid a notorious pirate?
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