The Weight of the Sky (eBook)
116 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-070081-0 (ISBN)
Seventeen-year-old Lenya Reyes lives under a sky the color of a bruise, a suffocating weight pressing down on the planet Kaaryon. The priests of the Order of Obsidian preach of the Sky Sins, an ancient transgression against the celestial Weaver, claiming the descending sky is divine punishment. But Lenya, amidst the crumbling archives of forgotten knowledge, uncovers a terrifying truth: the Sky Sins are a lie, a meticulously crafted narrative designed to control Kaaryon.
This discovery ignites a rebellion within Lenya, a fragile flame of hope in a world shrouded in fear. Sharing her revelation fractures her family. Her father clings to the familiar comfort of guilt, while her younger brother embraces the possibility of freedom. This divide mirrors the larger struggle within Kaaryon itself, a society fractured by manipulated faith. Confiding in Nina, a childhood friend seduced by the Order's power, Lenya finds not an ally, but a chilling reminder of belief's seductive power, a double agent whose loyalties shift like treacherous sands.
As the sky descends, the priests' grip tightens, their pronouncements echoing with desperate urgency. Time is running out. Guided by fragmented clues and aided by a grizzled archivist haunted by his role in the lie and a fiery engineer whose inventions offer a glimmer of hope, Lenya and her brother embark on a perilous quest to find the Resonance Chamber, a key to challenging the Order's control. Their journey takes them across treacherous landscapes warped by the sky's presence, pursued relentlessly by the Order, with Nina as their unwitting weapon. Whispers of ancient guardians protecting the chamber add a mystical layer to their desperate race against time.
Lenya's every step risks not only her life but the fragile hope of a fractured community. The truth, if revealed, could shatter Kaaryon's foundations, leaving its people adrift. Nina's internal conflict reaches a boiling point, her every action laced with chilling ambiguity. And the Resonance Chamber, when they finally reach it, is not what they expect. It demands a sacrifice, a relinquishing of the very beliefs that have shaped Kaaryon. Can Lenya bear the weight of this choice, heavier than any sky, and reveal a truth that could break her world or save it?
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.1.2025 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-070081-9 / 0000700819 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-070081-0 / 9780000700810 |
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