Orphan Fleet

Adventure and strange magic in a city above the clouds! Jiaire is a dock worker at the Mountain Skyport, an independent oasis where airships from across the known world can thaw their engines before they finish their journey across the endless frozen wastes. By day he loads and unloads ships. By night, he dreams of the Show, when characters like Golden Sam, the Reptile, and the mysterious Count do battle under the big top for an audience of thousands.To its friends, the Mountain offers warmth, smiles, and entertainment. To its enemies, it offers lightning- powerful storms that appear from nowhere and clear the skies of enemy ships. When an invading army attacks and the storms fail to appear, Jiaire must stand up for his home and learn the secrets behind the mystic forces protecting it.Brendan Detzner's work has appeared in Podcastle, Chizine, Pseudopod, One Buck Horror, Bizarrocast, Edge of Propinquity, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and many other venues. He is the author of the short story collections "Scarce Resources" and "Beasts", and of the novel "Millersville". "The Orphan Fleet" is his debut in the fantasy genre.

The Dragot Empire's first invasion of the Mountain Skyport has failed, but the war isn't over. Jiaire's actions in the first attack have made him a hero, but also a target, and on the eve of a second invasion he is kidnapped in the dead of night and spirited away to the Blackfire Penal Colony, an underground labyrinth in the heart of a dormant volcano. He has never been more alone, or further away from the people he loves. Escaping the colony will be difficult. Making it out with his soul intact may be impossible.Brendan Detzner's work has appeared in Podcastle, Chizine, Pseudopod, One Buck Horror, Bizarrocast, Edge of Propinquity, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and many other venues. He is the author of the short story collections "Scarce Resources" and "Beasts", and of the novels "Millersville" and "White Rabbit Society". "City of the Forgotten" is the third installment of the Orphan Fleet series.