Akeli lives in a village of tethered balloons and airships far above the unlivable surface of the Earth, but under the cruel thumb of her uncle.Her baby girl fell down to Earth a year ago. An airship full of sailors docks and her uncle demands Akeli get a new baby for the good of the clan. Her cousins know all about wooing men. They always outshine quiet Akeli. But not today.A familiar story of village life in a most unfamiliar village.
Akeli lives in a village of tethered balloons and airships far above the unlivable surface of the Earth, but under the cruel thumb of her uncle.Her baby girl fell down to Earth a year ago. An airship full of sailors docks and her uncle demands Akeli get a new baby for the good of the clan. Her cousins know all about wooing men. They always outshine quiet Akeli. But not today.A familiar story of village life in a most unfamiliar village.
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