The Skyship Community began as a separatist movement. In
protest to the changes in America’s government, a band of rebels hijacked the
Skyship Program (a series of large ships developed to ease population control)
and set sail for the skies. The ensuing war resulted in the signing of the
Hernandez Treaty, which declared the Skyship Community a sovereign nation,
essentially hovering on top of another sovereign nation.
The community is comprised of over a hundred ships, though
only a few are large enough to be classified as “floating cities.” Most are
mid-sized, capable of housing around one to two thousand passengers. Some
are not residential at all, though each has an overriding purpose (ie:
agri-ships, storage ships, hospitals). The nation’s capital is Skyship Atlas,
which hovers symbolically over the ruins of Washington D.C. Skyship
Academy, where much of the book’s story takes place, is known to outsiders as a
selective college for liberal arts. In reality, it’s a training ground for
Pearl Agents.
Author’s Inspiration: I’ve always been in love with the idea
of cities in the sky. Of course, the idea of skyships, or floating cities, has
been around for a long time, but usually with more emphasis on the technical
side. I wanted to humanize the types of people that would live above the
clouds. Specifically, the isolation one might feel living in the sky really
appealed to me.
Terms to know:
The Hernandez Treaty - resulted in the creation of the
International Skyline, an invisible, horizontal border that keeps the Skyships
and the Surface separate.
The Tribunal - the Skyship Community’s acting government,
comprised of three representatives.
Skyship Academy - a training ground for would-be Pearl
Agents. After all, the community relies on Pearl Power to keep its ships aloft.
Sound cool doesn’t it? And don’t forget to check out today’s other stop on the tour over at http://www.prationality.com/ were Poisoned Rationality has an interview with Author Nick James. The tour continues tomorrow over at Reading Fever so make sure you stop over there!
And don’t forget to visit each blog each day to find the
answers to the 8 clues. How the clues work: Throughout the tour's 15
stops, there will be 8 clues scattered on the blogs. Make sure you go to
every stop on the tour so you can find the clues. These clues spell out a
secret coordinate and you need this coordinate so you can win on the last stop
of the tour over at Frenzy of Noise.
If you win, you win a supplemented copy of the book a bonus
Skyship diagram and bonus chapter or annotation. A pretty cool prize if I do
say so myself.
So go ahead an make you check out all the stops on the tour
and pre-order Skyship Academy: The Pearl
Wars out September 8, 2011.
Clue 5 is giving me a hard time! make it negative? eek?
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