The Beneath the Cloudline series follows one divided city's path back to wholeness across three generations of secrets, three layers of truth, and three ways of seeing the same sky.
Each book peels back another layer of Halidom's buried history while exploring what it means to build systems that serve everyone—not just those at the top.
"From the ground up, from the sky down, until every story finds its way home."
Book 1: What was hidden? (Discovery)
Book 2: Why was it hidden? (Understanding)
Book 3: How do we heal what was broken? (Integration)
While each book contains its own complete arc, they're best experienced in sequence as Jax and Elira's understanding deepens and the world's full scope is revealed.
The story of division, memory, and the climb back to unity
When Jax meets Elira, their worlds—literally—collide. One lives in the towers, one on the ground. Both discover their city's foundation was built on forgotten truths.
Core themes: Found family, revolution without war, the power of story and memory.
Focus: Personal discovery and the first cracks in a broken system.
Before the towers reached for the sky, they were built to survive the ground
The sealed spire holds more than secrets—it holds the reason the towers were built at all. As the Bloom stirs and old threats resurface, Jax and Elira must venture into the place their city tried to forget.
Core themes: Facing buried trauma, understanding history's weight, choosing courage over comfort.
Focus: The deeper "why" behind the division, and what it costs to heal old wounds.
A city of song. A sky stitched against the dark
The towers were never the whole story. Above the mist, nine airships weave a harmony that protects everyone below. But when the song begins to fail, the real test begins: can a divided people remember how to sing as one?
Core themes: Collaboration across difference, art as protection, the responsibility of rebuilding.
Focus: The final integration—not just of the city, but of all the scattered pieces of who they used to be.