Clare made it to the city in the sky, and she's not impressed.

The tech is impressive, but it's being woefully underutilized. For a tech wiz like her, it's almost painful to witness.

They're having trouble keeping Summerland in the sky, but that's why Anselm dragged Clare up there in the first place. Being the mechanical magician she is, it doesn't take Clare to figure out the obvious.

Summerland is broken.

Worse than waste and neglect, the city in the sky shows signs of being sabotaged. Clare has a feeling that means things are going to get more interesting.

Who would want a city full of technological marvels to plummet from the sky? Especially given that said city is populated by a bunch of speciesist snobs? Oh, right. Pretty much everyone on the ground . . .

Clare and Anselm race against time to narrow the list of suspects and find a solution to the mechanical issues ASAP. Otherwise, all their efforts to keep the city in the clouds in the clouds are going to amount to nothing.