200 years in the future, in the 23rd century, the Earth has shattered into millions of blocks, known as Skyland, which orbit around the core. A new kind of human beings live among the world, people called Seijins, who absorb sunlight to fuel their telekinetic and telepathic abilities as well as their other powers such as sensing the presence of things and people, creating bolts and balls of energy and projecting memories. There is also a prophecy about a White Lady, a girl who will become the most powerful seijin ever, but those are fickle things.
The Sphere, a dictatorship, has risen to power by controlling what has become the most precious resource; water. The Sphere's power is enforced by the Guardians, an elite corp of Seijins who are taken from their families at a young age and trained. The leader of the Guardians is Oslo, a Seijin who exposed himself to constant light until he could use his powers in both light and dark, with obvious repercussions on his health. He himself went through the Guardian Academy, training alongside an equally powerful Seijin, called Mila.
A rebellion has also emerged, opposing the Sphere. Rebel pirates steal water to keep the citizens of Skyland alive. One young pilot, wanted for publicly stealing water from right under the Sphere’s nose, is captured by Mila on her first mission.
Shown the world from the pirate’s point of view, Mila finally comes to realize what the Sphere is, and joins the rebellion. She falls in love with Marcus, the pirate, and together they take the rebellion from strength to strength, turning it into a real threat against the Sphere.
But something goes horribly wrong while the Rebels are liberating a Sphere controlled block. Many pirates are killed, Marcus vanishes, and the rebellion is all but destroyed.
Mila takes their two young children, a son named Mahad and a Seijin daughter called Lena, and escapes to Babylonia, in the heart of the Sphere controlled zone. She stays there for 12 years, hiding both her daughter’s and her own Seijin abilities as she raises her children on a small farm.
But Oslo never forgot her, or his fascination for the prophecy. Or his belief that Mila is the Lady of Light and she and him were the ones mentioned in the prophecy, and later, after hearing of Lena's even stronger powers, that she is the Lady of Light and they ( Oslo and Lena) are the ones mentioned in the prophecy.In the year 2251 his Guardians finally locate her. Mila fights back, and sends Mahad and Lena away in a stolen Sphere ship, telling them to join the pirates, before she is taken away to Karzhem, Skyland’s most secure prison, location unknown.
Mahad, a cocky but clumsy 17 year old pilot, and Lena, 12 years old and already a powerful Sejin, are shot down and then rescued by a small group of pirates, lead by the indomitable Captain Cortes. They join the resistance, determined to find their mother, free Skyland, and learn more about the father they barely remember.
But Oslo has plans of his own. To capture Lena and fullfill the prophecy, unifying Skyland.
courtesy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyland
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