I was talking to my husband over dinner and I had this thought what if there were a society where war was outlawed and there were individual fights instead to keep the peace? Q: What sparked the idea of the Peacefighters who lie at the heart of Broken Sky?Ī: Unlike many of my other books, I can't say where this story actually began. Gradually, Amity comes to believe that the fights she so firmly believes in are compromised and that peace is under threat, but questioning the status quo would put her and all those she loves in peril.īroken Sky is the first in the Broken Trilogy and we asked author Lee Weatherly to tell us more about it: She recognises the growing threat posed by a powerful neighbouring state whose leader John Gunnison - who is likened to the Nazis - uses astrology to drive his decisions and to control his enemies. She is one of the 'Peacefighters' and is deeply aware of the responsibilities she shoulders during each of her flights. Into this world steps Amity, who lives to fly. Instead of war (which led to the previous civilisation's destruction), peace is maintained by individual pilots whose airborne fights determine the outcome of disputes over issues from territory boundaries to mineral rights.

In BROKEN SKY, author Lee Weatherly builds an intriguing and believable alternate 1940's, albeit set in the future, where war is against the rules. Her latest series is The Broken Trilogy, which began with Broken Sky. Lee's Angel trilogy has sold over 60,00 copies across the trilogy in the UK, and 475,000 copies worldwide!

She's originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, but now lives in Hampshire, England. LA Weatherly is the author of the bestselling Angel series, as well as almost 50 other books for children and teenagers.

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