Airborne is a book unlike any other. It blends elements of science fiction and fantasy, romance and steampunk, adventure and tragedy, all the time drawing on important social issues of our day: identity, prejudice, militarism, and cultural conflict.The male lead character is Siphero, a traumatized military engineering savant who suffers discrimination for his pacifist views. The female lead character is Awesha, a fiercely independent heiress who wants nothing more than to be free of her family's machinations of social ...
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Airborne is a book unlike any other. It blends elements of science fiction and fantasy, romance and steampunk, adventure and tragedy, all the time drawing on important social issues of our day: identity, prejudice, militarism, and cultural conflict.The male lead character is Siphero, a traumatized military engineering savant who suffers discrimination for his pacifist views. The female lead character is Awesha, a fiercely independent heiress who wants nothing more than to be free of her family's machinations of social status.Airborne is a story that also introduces readers to the worlds of Jormundgard and Stratis. Jormundgard is a war-torn hellscape filled with towering weapons, mass graves, polluted environments, impregnable cities and trigger-happy military factions. Stratis, on the other hand, is a peaceful realm of floating continents, supersonic flying mounts, magical energies and feather-light humanoids. Jormundgard has known one thousand years of war, while Stratis has only ever known peace and prosperity.The chance encounter of Siphero the Terran and Awesha the Winged will take you on a perilous journey that reveals the corruption that lies beneath Stratis's peaceful fa???ade. It's a journey that pits them against the war-hardened and militaristic, as they fight to prevent a catastrophic collision between their two realms. In the end, Airborne is as much an escape from reality as it is a reflection upon the world we live in.
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Add this copy of Airborne (the Defiant Crusade) to cart. $32.36, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of Airborne (the Defiant Crusade) to cart. $61.96, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
