The Sky Village

The Sky Village

Infobox Book |
name = The Sky Village
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption =
author = Monk Ashland & Nigel Ashland
illustrator = Jeff Nentrup
cover_artist = Jeff Nentrup
country = United States
language = English
series = "Kaimira" Series
genre = Young adult, Fantasy
publisher = Candlewick Press
release_date = July 8, 2008
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 400 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-763-63524-3 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by =
followed_by = The Terrible Everything

"The Sky Village" is a Young Adult/Fantasy Novel written by authors Monk Ashland and Nigel Ashland, to be published in hardcover on July 8, 2008. In the story, twelve-year-old Mei Long adventures across China in the Sky Village, a vast network of hot air balloons, in search of her mother, who has been taken prisoner by an army of intelligent machines (meks). As she learns more about her mother by walking in her footsteps, she finds herself in the middle of an age-old conflict between meks and beasts--the same conflict that rages inside her. On the other side fo the world, in the ruins of beast-controlled Las Vegas, Rom Saint-Pierre must triumph in the Battle Demon competition, learning to summon and control his hybrid pet, in order to win his sister's freedom.

Plot summary

High above a troubled China, where animals battle machines for control, floats an intricate web of hot air balloons – the Sky Village. When twelve-year-old Mei Long's mother is kidnapped, her father sends Mei to live in the sky, surrounded by strangers, amid a growing threat.

Half a world away, thirteen-year-old Rom Saint-Pierre struggles to survive in beast-controlled Las Vegas. When his young sister is stolen away by a pair of demonic creatures, Rom has no choice but to follow them into a shadowy underground world. He becomes enmeshed in gladiator-style arena fighting, in which battles between mechanical-beast demons entertain a chaotic community of gamblers.

Mei and Rom have never met, but they share connected journals, books that mysteriously allow them to communicate. The journals also reveal that each of them carries the strange and terrifying Kaimira gene, entwining beast and mek qualities in their very DNA.

In this intricately plotted novel, the first in a five-book series, Mei and Rom must overcome those forces that seek to destroy them, and find the courage to balance the powers that clash within. It is their only hope for survival, and for saving the ones they love.

ee also

Kaimira

References

External links

* [http://www.kaimiracode.com Kaimira official website]
* [http://www.starfarmproductions.com/ Star Farm Productions]
* [http://rettstatt.wordpress.com/ Blog of Kaimira creator and author Chris Rettstatt]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Kaimira-Sky-Village-Monk-Ashland/dp/0763635243 Amazon.com link]


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