Heavy Sky by Alex O. Harb

Floating islands. A perpetual storm that drains energy and ruins electrical devices. Settlers falling back on steam engines, forming kingdoms and republics. Corsairs attacking trade zeppelins. Tribes riding giant eagles. And a Federation ship in orbit, seeking to mine the anti-gravity mineral from the islands.

That uneasy arrangement is about to collapse.

A tribal rider from a fading islet. A pilot searching for the truth behind an ambush that destroyed her plane and killed her friends. A disgraced noble turned corsair. A Federation field medic. When their paths collide, they discover that the world is held together by strings neither natural nor lasting.

War is coming to the sky. The Storm is rising. And when the sky falls, nowhere will be safe.

A story of floating islands, fractured histories, and the price of postponing hard decisions for the next generation.

Category: Science Fiction – Steampunk