The Skyehawk Chronicles - Neo Skyehawk, #1

Neo Skyehawk always hated his Monarch status, so when he's forced into engagement with the spoiled Princess of the World of Gaia's most powerful dictatorial nation, his situation is rendered hopeless. However, upon a chance encounter with a girl of Untouchable status named Seneca LaSalle, Neo decides to make a run for it. Taking Seneca with him, the two look to escape their dreary lives, however in the process, they unleash a force they're unable to control.
And that force will travel oceans, kicking off the events that occur 500 years later in Lord of Columbia. In this five-part story-in-cycle prequel to the Lord of Columbia Series, discover the origins of the Southpoint Empire.