The Sky Village
The Sky Village is a young adult fantasy novel written by authors Chris Rettstatt, under the pseudonym Monk Ashland, and Nigel Ashland. It was published in hardcover on July 8, 2008. In the story, twelve-year-old Mei Long adventures across China in the Sky Village, a vast network of hot air balloons, in search of her mother, who has been taken prisoner by an army of intelligent machines.
The book was the first of a planned series Kaimira, but on 11 March 2017, Rettstatt made a post on his blog confirming that no further books will be written in the series due to intellectual property issues.
As of January 2016, the book is in 316 libraries.
