Book 1: Satchel Pong is a big-shot Meteorologist in Turan City with a secret: he grapples with insider knowledge of a gradual but persistent heat wave. Follow Satchel Pong from his arrogant beginning as he becomes the leader of a tribe-in-migration. The Dirigibles have given them instructions via the Wireless, but can he trust them? Can he save his people--and another group across the sea?