Broken Sky Chronicles

The Broken Sky Chronicles continues in "this seamless blend of fantasy, dystopia, and myth . . ." (Kirkus Reviews). Since she fell from her floating island home, Elia has struggled to survive in the land of Below. She has found refuge among the Torkin people, helping to field crops in a ravaged land. Despite her efforts, she is treated with cruel disdain as a strange outsider. Then Hokk appears, having been searching for Elia since they were separated while escaping from the devastated City of Ago, and he's found the means to return Elia to Above. On the Isle of the Drifting Dunes, Lady Tasheira has made a grand discovery. Burned and broken debris that must have fallen from the civilization that once inhabited the moon before it shattered and two wounded people. Elia claims to have amnesia, but Tash believes she's a royal with ties to the Twin Emperors. Hokk is suffering from heatstroke, his body unable to tolerate Above's sun after a lifetime beneath Below's clouds. Elia has convinced Tash that Hokk is an emissary from the moon with a message for the Emperors. Now, Elia and Hokk must play these roles until they can escape and find her family. But Tash is growing suspicious of her new friends, and the Emperors believe they harbor secrets that threaten their kingdom. "A fast-paced suspense drama with enough twists, turns, and fantastical elements to keep audiences of any age intrigued and coming back for more." -Foreword Reviews "The growing bond between Elia and Hokk will enchant true romantics, while the surprising plot twists and ongoing mystery will satisfy readers looking for a dose of danger and action." -Kirkus Reviews

Two teens from different worlds must work together to survive in this YA post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure, the first novel in the Broken Sky Chronicles. Exiled from his home, estranged from his family, Hokk Feste lives off the desolate prairie lands of Below, finding just enough food and water to sustain him and his fox companion, Nym. When dead bodies rain down from the clouds, Hokk searches through the funeral wrappings desperate to find some valuable resources among the human remains that he can use to bargain his return to the City of Ago. Elia lives with her family on the floating islands of Above. She is a laundress, serving the realm of the Twin Emperors, two rulers of an oppressive regime. Her thankless labor goes unnoticed until the day a royal servant pursued by an Imperial Guard gives her an ornate wooden box to hide. Within it lies something capable of toppling the monarchy. Fleeing the guard, Elia stumbles off her island home and plummets to Below, the final resting place for her people's dead where monstrous scavengers roam. Found by Hokk after falling into the ocean, Elia discovers a civilization far removed from her own and a cloud-shrouded land that has never known sunlight. Hokk is skeptical about Elia's tales about Above, but he knows the fallen girl is just the rare gift he needs to end his exile. And as they challenge each other's very beliefs while journeying across the dangerous landscape, the Imperial Guard ventures Below to find Elia and the secret she carries . . . "Inventive world-building and epic scope. . . . A great read for fans of YA, fantasy, or anyone looking for a fresh vision." -award-winning author Jennifer Brody "Below is post-apocalyptic at its roots, but the nature of the world allows the introduction of tropes from fantasy, dystopia and science fiction, injecting much needed originality into this recently oversaturated genre." -CM Magazine

The fate of a kingdom lies with two people fighting against tyranny-and for each other-in this YA fantasy adventure series. Elia has uncovered many truths about the lands of Above and Below, having walked both worlds. In Above, she labored for the monarchy like the rest of her family until agents against the crown thrust her into a conspiracy that sent her tumbling off her floating island home. In Below-a land she believed was populated by monsters-Elia befriended Hokk, who gave her a tour of the desolate landscape and ruined cities where people struggled to survive. Carrying documents that threaten the Twin Emperors regime, Elia has been pursued across both realms by Imperial Guards and conspirators desperate to retrieve them. She has learned they contain a secret her own family has been hiding-a secret that changes everything she ever believed. Now, Elia doesn't know who she can trust, putting all of her faith in Hokk as they're caught between militant soldiers and revolutionary zealots fighting for the future of a kingdom.