Böcker av Philip Ligon

A Dragon Award Finalist for Best Young Adult/Middle Grade NovelAn Imadjinn Award Winner for Best Steampunk Novel Betrayed by the King, the Falconbones and their people flee to the floating mountains - a land obscured by the clouds, where dangers and ancient secrets await. Jason Falconbone has not been a child since the night of the King's attack - even though everyone still treats him that way. He dreams of the day when he finishes his airship, The King's Regret, and flies it to the capital to avenge the death of his mother. When his father takes the air fleet to search for allies and a saboteur wreaks havoc on their mountain home, Jason jumps at the opportunity to prove his worth and find the traitor. The last thing he expects is to discover his family's oldest, most notorious enemy lurking in the shadows of their mountain hideaway. And for that man to be his only hope to bring Father home alive.

Love. Betrayal. Revenge.Problems are growing worse for Ash. In order to save Sheela, the woman he loves, he had no choice but to betray her greatest secret. As a result, she was taken prisoner by Duke Schaever, the man who controls the flow of magic into the English Empire. Although Ash has tried to rescue Sheela, failure after failure has made him desperate...desperate enough to accept a new mission from his employers that will strike Duke Schaever at the most personal of levels - by kidnapping Lady Elizabeth Stewart, the Duke's betrothed. It is an assignment fraught with danger, and as Ash moves closer to his goal, he is pulled deeper into the Duke's world - a place that reveals the abominations of magic and science, that gives rise to new enemies, and where Ash learns exactly what motivates the Duke. The discoveries test friendships, love, and loyalties, even as it forces Ash to question what it means to live.And what it means to die.

Thief. Pauper. Magic addict. Alexander Asherton's latest assignment becomes personal: recover an item in the possession of his former wife, Aimee. But her association with Duke Schaever draws Ash into an even darker world. The Duke will do anything to protect his secret. Its discovery will bring about the end of either Aimee or Ash - or both!