Her first command is an airship bound for the scrapyard. The cargo could start a war.
Dalia Sinclair can barely control her magic. After disaster strikes the Aeronautical War Academy, her future comes down to one last assignment: deliver the aging airship Crimson Gull for decommissioning.
She intends to get the ship there in one piece.
Then she opens the locked hold.
Hidden aboard is an Arcanite crystal powerful enough to make the Gull a target. Pirates want it. The people who sent her on this mission know far more than they admit. And the crystal responds to the very magic Dalia has spent years struggling to master.
With a sharp-tongued engineer, an irrepressible navigator, and a first officer keeping secrets of his own, Dalia must learn to command a crew while discovering what her power can actually do. Every small breakthrough matters when the engines are failing and another ship is closing in.
Following orders means surrendering the cargo to people she can no longer trust. Changing course means putting everyone aboard in danger.
Her crew is waiting for a heading.
Copper and Spark is a magitech fantasy adventure featuring airship battles, dangerous discoveries, a misfit crew, and light progression as an inexperienced captain learns to understand her magic and earn her crew’s trust.
