"When the empire owns the sky, the fight begins underground."

The world is no longer whole.

Above the clouds, Eurasia thrives — a floating empire of privilege and endless blue skies.

Below lies Gaia, a poisoned wasteland where the forgotten suffocate behind gas masks and serve the world above.

From the poisoned earth rises Rey, a masked girl who becomes the voice of the underground — a spark of defiance against an empire that rules both the skies and the ground beneath them.

She is the voice of a movement born in silence, the fire that refuses to die.

She fights not for freedom, but for the one thing denied to them all:

The right to breathe.

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Author's Notes:

- A full-length YA dystopian soft sci-fi novel — character-driven, emotional, and cinematic.

- A story of resistance, identity, and the cost of survival beneath an empire that owns the sky.

- A complete standalone novel that opens the door to a larger world.

- This ARC includes two bonus chapters from the final release version. Minor formatting edits may appear in the published copy.