![]() ![]() The city is laid out in tiers, with the 1% taking the top-most tiers, full of luxury houses and gardens, while the 99% take the rest. ![]() Aransa is an oasis in an unforgiving desert. By far the biggest strength of this book is its setting. Megan has a great confidence in her own writing that shines throughout this steampunk adventure. O’Keefe, although you wouldn’t be able to tell just by reading it. Steal the Sky is the first book by Megan E. Some sel-sensitives are so adept at manipulating sel that they can use it to change their appearance, and even black out the sky. Not everyone is sensitive, and sel is so important to the economy of the world that those who are sensitive are made to work in the dangerous selium mines. ![]() It’s what keeps the great airships afloat, and it’s even used to make drinks but most importantly, it can be found and manipulated by people who are ‘sel-sensitive’. The lighter-than-air sel appears to be used for almost everything. Selium, or sel for short, is at the heart of the story. Meanwhile, a series of murders across the city cause panic and a manhunt ensues for a mysterious ‘doppel’ a person capable of changing their appearance using a strange substance known as selium. The pair find themselves in the desert city of Aransa, roped in to a plan to steal a great airship called The Larkspur. Detan Honding is a thief of noble birth, ever accompanied by Tibs, his right hand man. ![]()
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