Cities in the Air

In 2039, humanity took to the skies and never came back down. Now massive floating cities drift through the air, their occupants having abandoned an Earth grown hostile and empty. For thirty years, the American, European, and Asiatic Federations have held an uneasy peace, but that fragile truce is about to shatter. Captain Martin Brant commands the air-cruiser 3885 when word comes: the European and Asiatic Federations have declared war. New York lies in the path of the coming annihilation. As massive fleets of aerial warships converge for what promises to be humanity's final conflict, Brant must navigate not only the mechanics of air combat but the weight of a world rushing toward its own destruction. The earth below is barren, unpopulated, the gravestone of the old world. Above, the last cities of humanity prepare for Armageddon. This is pulp science fiction at its most gloriously undignified: a vision of future war fought in the clouds, where cities are fortresses and every sortie could mean the end of civilization. For readers who grew up dreaming of flying machines and wonder what happens when we finally leave the ground behind.