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Beneath the Cloudline is a YA sci-fi book written by Patrick LaJuett. The story is about the lies we inherit, the systems we're taught not to question, and what happens when two people refuse to stay in their place. It's about broken hierarchies, forgotten truths, and the climb back to something real.
The Vision
The Vision
Beneath the Cloudline 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 act 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."
The Story Arc
The Story Arc
Act 1: What was hidden? (Discovery)
Act 2: Why was it hidden? (Understanding)
Act 3: How do we heal what was broken? (Integration)
A complete journey as Jax and Elira's understanding deepens and the world's scope expands—from tower politics to forgotten histories to the sky cities that have been watching all along.
Beneth the Cloudline isn’t just hopepunk—it’s hope with roots.
Beneth the Cloudline isn’t just hopepunk—it’s hope with roots.
In a world split between sky, tower, and earth, survival means more than technology or politics. Faith, family, and sacrificial love prove stronger than pride, control, or self-worship. When old foes discover they can only heal what's broken by rooting themselves in something higher, hope becomes inevitable.
Act One: The Divided Sky
Act One: The Divided Sky
The story of division, memory, and the climb back to unity
When Jax meets Elira, their worlds 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.
Act Two: The Eleventh Spire
Act Two: The Eleventh Spire
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 venture into the place their city tried to forget.
Core themes: Facing buried trauma, understanding the weight of history, and choosing courage over comfort.
Focus: The deeper "why" behind the division, and what it costs to heal old wounds.
Act Three: Skywoven
Act Three: Skywoven
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.
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