Book description
Philip Pullman meets Michael Scott in this thrilling ride aboard a
stolen airship on a quest to save the world! Twin brother and sister,
Lenis and Missy, are slaves aboard the powerful airship the Hiryu - but
when the airship is stolen on its maiden voyage, they find themselves
working for a captain whose noble quest seems to make no sense.
Relentlessly pursued by the Emperor's own airships, they fly over the
perilous Wasteland, where corrupted Demons lie in wait. When Lenis
dreams of Apsilla, the Blue Dragon of the East, the captain decides to
help the twins find Apsilla's daughter. The survival of the last Totem
may be their only hope - but will they find Apsilla's egg in time, or
will their enemies find them first? Ben Chandler lives mostly in
worlds of his own creation but occasionally misses real stuff and has to
return home. At the moment, that means Adelaide, a city where he
currently has far too many jobs, one of which involves teaching English
Literature and Creative Writing at Flinders University. For the past
eight years, Ben has been studying Fantasy, and he thinks it's the
coolest thing ever that someone gave him a doctorate for doing it. He
loves heroes, villains, graphic novels, and video games, and he thinks
you can learn more from watching cartoons than you can from the news.
Like all fantasy writers, Ben has a cat. His cat is named Loki. It's
possible Loki is the reincarnation of the God of Mischief, but Ben hopes
this is just a flight of his fancy.
