the Ghost of Sun-Skies: a Steampunk Fantasy Adventure (The Gearlight Chronicles Book 2): An Epic YA Sky-Pirate Tale Bio-Steam Tech, Solar-Powered Airships, and Fight Against Digital God.

The sky was never meant to be a tomb. After escaping the rusted depths of Iron-Hold, Leo and Maya thought they had found freedom-instead, they found a world of Bio-Steam where nature and machinery have fused into a beautiful, deadly nightmare. Now, a madman seeks to turn the sun itself into a weapon, and the only thing standing between humanity and a "perfect" erasure is a boy with a wrench and a heart made of gears.The surface isn't a wasteland-it's an overgrown revolution.In the pulse-pounding sequel to The Secret of the Copper Heart, Leo and Maya have finally breached the "Great Vent". But the world above is nothing like the stories. In the Sun-Skies, Victorian ruins are strangled by vines, and sunflowers bloom with grinding gears.When they are ambushed by the Sky-Stalkers-survivors who navigate the clouds with mechanical wings-Leo learns a terrifying truth. The Auditor has abandoned the clunky steam of the past for Ray-Tech: concentrated beams of solar energy capable of incinerating entire cities. From the heights of the sleek Obsidian Spire, the Auditor plans to reboot an ancient satellite and "perfect" the world by burning away the old one.To stop him, Leo must: - Engineer the Impossible: Strip a heavy iron skiff and rig it with makeshift solar-sails to survive the thin surface air.- Brave the Static Wall: Use the Copper Heart as a lightning rod to super-charge their vessel through a permanent electrical storm.- Survive the Desert of Gears: Outrun "Sand-Sharks"-mechanical predators that swim through dunes of ground-up metal filings.The battle for the horizon has begun. With the Titan at his side and a crew of sky-pirates at his back, Leo must face a villain who is becoming more machine than man. If he fails, the "Horizon of Hope" will be nothing more than a scorched memory.