Wszyscy Na Pokе‚ad! -

As the ship hit the first thermal, it didn't just sail; it leaped. Kael gripped the brass railing, his eyes wide as they soared over a canyon of singing dunes. Jax scampered across the rigging, his fur standing on end from the static electricity of the storm.

: A former navigator with a mechanical arm and a habit of whistling when she’s nervous.

: A young, hyper-intelligent lemur-cat who serves as the ship's engineer (mostly because his paws can fit into the smallest gearboxes). Wszyscy na pokЕ‚ad!

"Wszyscy na pokład!" Elara’s voice boomed over the howling wind. She didn't care that Kael was a stowaway or that Jax had a mouthful of copper wiring. They needed every hand to winch the heavy sails before the glass shards shredded them.

"Hold the line!" Elara shouted, steering them into the eye of the gale. For a moment, the world went silent. Above them, the stars were visible even in midday, and below, the sand looked like a golden ocean. "Is it always like this?" Kael asked, breathless. As the ship hit the first thermal, it

: Kael, a boy from the Sun-Spires who is running away from a life of boring mathematics to see the fabled Blue Oasis. The Story: The Great Sand-Storm

In a world where the oceans have long since dried into canyons of glowing sand, the only way to travel is by "Sand-Sloops"—ships with massive, kite-like sails that catch the thermal winds. Our ship, the Cloud-Skipper , is a rusty but reliable vessel held together by hope and high-tensile wire. : A former navigator with a mechanical arm

Elara smiled, her mechanical hand clicking as she adjusted the rudder. "Only when you're brave enough to jump." The Destination