A River From the Sky

From the Nebula- and Bram Stoker Award-winning Ai Jiang comes the lyrical science-fantasy follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind, as Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world. Fleeing the bone palace and tumbling into Gear’s perilous waters, the siblings reach a water-wheel-driven city where their sister awaits in rebel territory, only to be snatched away by the waves and dragged into conflict with Zinc’s brutal experiments. Loyal to Copper now, Sangshu races through Gear to Engine, the industrial heartland where she confronts her own mistakes and their consequences, determined to save her family and their world. This novella powerfully explores family bonds, the ache of leaving home, and the price of progress in a world standing on the edge of collapse.

Who might be interested in reading?

• You love lush, poetic prose blending fantasy and sci-fi.
• You value family loyalty and personal sacrifice in speculative worlds.
• Your tastes run to stories set in richly imagined, dangerous industrial landscapes.
• You seek diverse protagonists with cultural depth and strong agency.