Generations after the invention of a cold-fusion battery, electronics are obsolete and global warming has melted the polar ice caps, resulting in unprecedented flooding. In a world powered by steam, the only remaining land mass is the top of what was once the world's highest mountain, now known as Everest Island. Rebecca and her twin brother, Jake, have come of age and joined the Everest Island Military and are trying out for the Cloud Chaser program. Having grown apart over the years since arriving on the island as refugees and then spending the last few years of their lives as slaves in the island's largest gladiator training academy, Rebecca and Jake will have to learn to put their past behind them if they are to work together and join the ranks of the military elite.
Generations after the invention of a cold-fusion battery, electronics are obsolete and global warming has melted the polar ice caps, resulting in unprecedented flooding. In a world powered by steam, the only remaining land mass is the top of what was once the world's highest mountain, now known as Everest Island. Rebecca and her twin brother, Jake, have come of age and joined the Everest Island Military and are trying out for the Cloud Chaser program. Having grown apart over the years since arriving on the island as refugees and then spending the last few years of their lives as slaves in the island's largest gladiator training academy, Rebecca and Jake will have to learn to put their past behind them if they are to work together and join the ranks of the military elite.