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A story about repair.
A story about repair.
Beneath the Cloudline is a story about the quiet work of showing up and putting broken things back together. Rope splicing. Window cleaning high above the mist. Fixing leaking pipes most people never notice until the rain turns wrong.
But the systems failing in Halidom are larger than rusted bolts and cracked conduits. The city itself is broken. Entire classes of people have been taught to fear each other while the structures holding their world together slowly decay.
Some repairs happen with tools. Others begin when people are finally willing to cross the barrier between soil and sky.
Memory
Memory
Halidom hides by forgetting. Buried towers. Erased names. Silenced histories. And one old woman who carried the weight of remembering so the rest of the city wouldn't have to.
Humility
Humility
The world was broken by people who mistook intelligence for wisdom.
Perspective
Perspective
The peoples of Halidom believe they understand the world. None of them do completely. The same water hangs in mist, falls as rain, and collects in puddles... there's value and beauty in each.
Courage
Courage
Fear chains the hands. Faith teaches them to build. Every turning point in this story begins with someone acting before they're ready out of trust in each other.
Stewardship
Stewardship
The systems that keep Halidom alive do not survive through conquest or genius alone. They survive because ordinary people continue maintaining them, often without recognition.
Unity
Unity
The Cloudline was never meant to be a curtain. It takes a couple of climbers, an engineer, a researcher, and an exile to prove it.
Found family
Found family
Jax was raised by people who chose him. That's the foundation on which everything else is built.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
The easiest path would be punishment. This story doesn't take it. No one gets off easy. But no one gets erased either.
United we climb. Divided we fall.
United we climb. Divided we fall.
A note for educators, librarians, and group leaders:
A note for educators, librarians, and group leaders:
Beneath the Cloudline was written for young adults ages 13 and up. It contains no graphic violence, no sexual content, and no profanity. The story explores division, responsibility, and forgiveness through a fictional world. Not through real-world politics or identity categories. It's a book about people choosing to fix what's broken rather than fight over what's left. Safe for classrooms, youth groups, book clubs, and family reading.
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