Cloudbreaker: Where We Began

In the storm-lashed shipyards of Ya'an, nineteen-year-old mechanic Jia Zhan dreams of only one thing: escape. Bound by debt to a cruel airship builder and trapped in a life of endless labor, he's resigned himself to watching adventure drift overhead aboard passing airships.

Until the Cloudbreaker falls from the sky. Her captain, a hardened Imperial veteran, sees potential in Zhan, pulling him into a world of hidden technology, dangerous missions, and freedom-with a price.

Zhan's master has no...