This masterful story is a compelling coming-of-age rendezvous with disaster. AdiNa, a naive-teen genius, escapes boring farm life with his big brother, Rehez, by talking his way on board a grand steam-powered general store and traveling show: Paj'oRa--the Flying Forge. As GayuDa the Welder, the avuncular master of the Forge becomes increasingly detached from his command duties, Stayen, his feisty daughter and heir, objects when Baljin, the first mate, wields more and more power on the Forge. Overwhelmed with keeping the complicated ship in one piece, she doesn't see trouble brewing under her...

VadeYan, a beleaguered young Pilot, son of an infamous Exile, flies a Confidential Mission for his Merchant-mentor TeharJren. Vad runs his beat-up old freighter, RoDa straight into trouble. And change. On a foreign airborne land, an unlikely encounter with Arosde, a driven young psychic puts him face to face with a girl who could change his whole life -- just as he learns their flying islands are on hostile terms -- and a COLLISION COURSE with each other Arosde had foreseen the pending disaster just before the superstorm Apash Nal not only cost her community its best aircraft, but the life...

An airborne quarry's Edgewalker Priest dies. Three would-be replacements have come and gone. Next up is Arosde, a strong-willed engineer-prodigy who serves the sensitives who speak across a telepathic network. Flown in from a remote forrest by the world's most famous flyer, she seeks an open door to better understand her community. She meets psychic walls instead. and a dream-time warning of war from her long-gone mentor, Seijan. This airland's already endured numerous pirate raids, but now they're about to drift over a country where old scores wait to be settled. Ultimately, Arosde must open...