The Civilizations of the First and Second Man have been destroyed by the products of their own technology. Now the world is emerging from a new dark age into the dawn of a second Middle Ages. Britain is dominated by a Luddite Church and by the doctrine that all machines are evil. Into this strange world comes Kieron, an artist's apprentice who is inflamed by a forbidden dream - to construct a flying machine which will enable man to soar through the air like a bird.

Cloudwalker, describing the creation of the rivers, is the second in a series of Northwest Coast legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Their previous collaboration, Raven Brings the Light (2013), is a national bestseller. On British Columbia’s northwest coast lies the Sacred Headwaters—the source of three of British Columbia’s largest salmon-bearing rivers. These rivers are the source of life for all creatures in the area. But what gave life to the rivers themselves? Astace, a young Gitxsan hunter, is intent on catching a group of swans with his bare hands. He is carried away by the birds’ powerful wings and dropped in the clouds. With only a cedar box of water Astace wanders the clouds, growing weaker, stumbling and spilling the contents. When he finally returns to earth he discovers lakes, creeks, and rivers where there were none before. The Gitxsan rejoice at having him home, and name the new river they live alongside Ksien—“juice from the clouds.” Roy Henry Vickers’ vibrant artwork, including 18 new prints, accompany this new retelling of an ancient story—readers of all ages will be captivated.

The Civilizations of the First and Second Man have been destroyed by their own technology. Now the world is emerging from a new dark age into the dawn of the second middle ages. Britain is dominated by the doctrine that all machines are evil. Into this strange world comes Kieron, who has a dream to construct a flying machine which will enable man to soar through the air like a bird.

Rhyming text invites the reader to muse on the origin and nature of clouds.

Called to check on an anomalous occurrence at the White House, a group of scientists from an institute in a mid-twentieth century universe have a deadly encounter with the Khysids. Like a modern Prometheus, the scientists steal Khysid technology and with the help of a former Khysid operative discover how to create a Source Gate. Hounded by a rogue Army general and hunted by the Khysids, the scientists flee to the 1861 universe and the Civil War. There they are first captured then sheltered by Colonel Crittenden of the Confederate Army.The scientists have upset Khysid plans and now the invasion begins. Both the Union and Confederacy learn the fate intended for them, one with a special irony for the South. The Khysids treat war as an amusing game and the scientists will simply serve as additional fodder, or so they think. But these unusual newcomers have upped the stakes by forcing the two combatants to fight as one. By using their skills to bring technology into the 1861 universe to counter the Khysids, the scientists have halted the invasion. But the war is just beginning and it may be the Khysids who will become history.