Jordan H. Bartlett

Winning the crown was only the beginning. Jacs, now the rightful Queen of Frea, seems to be Queen in title alone. She scrambles to learn the customs and traditions of a Realm she had only read about in books. The Council of Four have her firmly under their thumb, and their ideas for the Queendom are oppressive and outdated. Their knowledge of her mother and Master Leschi’s whereabouts is the only leverage they need to make the new Queen dance to their tune. Jacs is determined to find those who were taken from her and do what’s right for her Queendom. But in her search for answers, Jacs uncovers a much darker truth from the Queendom’s past that will forever change its future.

In a Queendom divided, can one girl unite the realms? Jacs, an inventor’s apprentice from the Lower Realm, has only ever dreamed of what the land among the clouds holds. That is until she finds a letter from Connor, an Upperite boy hoping to learn more about the land below. Little does Jacs know, Connor is actually Prince Cornelius of the Queendom of Frea. With wooden boats and hot air balloons, the two begin a secret correspondence. But their friendship is divided by a heavily-guarded bridge and an inescapable prejudice. The strength of their bond was thought to transcend distance and time, but when the royal family visits the Lower Realm, the Queendom’s feud is reignited. To save her people, Jacs must infiltrate the Upper Realm and earn her place to compete in the Contest of Queens. In a story about friendship, love, bravery, and defying gravity, Jacs will strive to prove that a Queendom is strongest when united.

What dreams survive when the nightmares are real? Jacs, Queen of Frea, is struggling to stay afloat beneath the weight of her crown. Her loved ones are missing, injured, or worse, her resources are stretched to their breaking point, and she is about to lead her troops back into the catacombs to face the Sons of Celos―a dangerous group set on tearing the Queendom apart. Ascending the throne . . . Stranded in the Lower Realm, Connor begins to notice further signs of a sinister plot, one designed to ensnare the minds of the citizens and turn their hearts away from their Queen, making him all the more desperate to return to his Queen’s side. A war too late . . . From within the bowels of the Queendom, Celos’s forces of darkness are gathering. Racing against a clock that had started ticking long before either Jacs or Connor realized, they must uncover Celos’s plan and stop him before the Queendom comes crashing down around them.