Copper Wing Publishing

Sixteen-year-old Cleora’s first year at White Crown Academy feels like a second chance at life, with new friends, steampack lessons, and field trips into the Wild North on aether-powered airships. However, she didn’t expect to nearly fall into the swirling abyss with a mysterious boy on the first day. 

 

She’s determined to forge her own path, but fitting in, navigating relationships, and keeping up academically isn’t easy after years of living on a pirate ship—a secret she’ll do anything to keep.

 

To secure her place at the school and win a coveted scholarship, Cleora joins a daring resource hunt to the far reaches of the floating isles. When reckless bullies sabotage their mission and threaten their lives, she will have to face her fears . . .

 

. . . and show everyone what she’s capable of.