Sky, Sailor of Aerial

Engagement One - Anchored

By: Keegan Hennis

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Sky Tallian, twelve and adventurous, is mesmerized by the tall airships that infrequently visit her small village. Resting on the back of a giant ancient leviathan, the tough animal skin is the only ground she's ever known. Below her village vyath, she sees the same endless nothing that spreads over her head, the seemingly endless abyss that surrounds their people on all sides. And sailing too far from her home village means letting go of everything she ever knew to explore the orange and white swirling clouds that ever hide the horizon.
But when her father barters a deal with the captain of one of these ships, to give Sky a taste of the wide world beyond sight of her home, she experiences far more than she ever imagined, both exciting and frightening. Will she be the same person that left home upon returning? Will she return home at all?