By Lindsay Jenkins-Tucker
In order to survive, Conrad must Rise. When Conrad was ten years old, his treacherous uncle murdered his father, kidnapped his sister, and banished Conrad and his mother from their Elite household to live as Lows, the bottom rung of their hierarchical society. Six years later, Conrad has been pushed to his limits from trying to provide for his sick mother, liberate his sister, and Rise by winning the cane battle tournament in Sky's End,, opens a new window by Marc J. Gregson.
When his mother is killed in a sky serpent attack that he barely survives, and he fails at yet another attempt at rescuing his sister, Conrad is pushed past his limits. He strikes a dangerous deal with his uncle in order to free his sister once and for all. He becomes a Hunter, one of the soldiers tasked specifically with freeing the floating islands from dangerous metal sky serpents.
But as Conrad’s time aboard the sky ship grows, he learns that all is not as it seems. Who is the mysterious girl who saved him during the sky serpent attack in the Lows, and why does she keep ending up near him? Where do the metal sky serpents come from? And what is truly at stake?
For more gripping tales of rising above, try:
Monsters Born and Made, opens a new window by Tanvi Berwah
The Moonlight Blade, opens a new window by Tessa Barbosa
The Warrior Heir, opens a new window by Cinda Williams Chima
