After years of award-winning writing for global media giants Disney and Hit Entertainment, Cheryl Ammeter has summoned her wildest imaginings to build the fantasy world of Aether. Armed with a host of deeply drawn characters, spectacular settings, and extravagant contraptions, Ammeter's debut novel grabs readers by the imagination and pulls them into the adventures of a spirited young girl at the crossroads of duty and destiny.

From the beginning, Ivey Thornton was different. Born with a knack for raising a ruckus and an uncanny gift for cheating death, Ivey is better suited to...