Across the short walkway, a forest of thick ropes strained up at every conceivable angle from beneath the Archive to the heavily-reinforced balloons above. Mika…

Hushed but heated debate fell to silence as Mika entered. His eyes adjusted to the scarlet gloom within: the Consul Chamber walls were layers of…

“The wise man pulls not at loose thread, unless he has learned to fly.”—Proverbs of the Skyborn Gas flares whooshed, keeping the silk balloons plump,…