The world is without water following a cataclysmic climate event seven ages ago. Mara's parched village suffers as they wait on The Cloud Factory to deliver clouds for farming. When Mara's father's illness takes a turn for the worse, she sneaks to The Cloud Factory in the hopes a healthy cloud will help him. But stealing a cloud isn't simple as Mara deals with her guilt and begins to discover what The Cloud Factory is really about ...