Ever Series by Felicity Savage

Crispin is a "circus baby, " born in a caravan, working as a daemon handler and aerialist - until an accident on the high wire casts him out into a world even stranger than the circus that nurtured him. Crispin falls headlong into the arms of Rae, an orphan girl of equally exotic origins. And soars in daemon-powered biplanes over the wastelands of the Raw, joining the awesome battle between Ferupe's slow-dying Queen and her adversary, the Lizard Significant.

Ever Our world is like water to them. The daemons swim invisbly through rock and trees, men and beasts -- until they are summoned by a handler, collared and imprisoned in oak and silver to power entire cities with their rage.The Daemon in the MachineCrispin became a daemon handler as a boy, taught by an exiled courtier who had become a circus bum. The gift gave him wings, carrying him all the way to far Kirekune, the home of his long-lost love... moreEver Our world is like water to them. The daemons swim invisbly through rock and trees, men and beasts -- until they are summoned by a handler, collared and imprisoned in oak and silver to power entire cities with their rage.The Daemon in the MachineCrispin became a daemon handler as a boy, taught by an exiled courtier who had become a circus bum. The gift gave him wings, carrying him all the way to far Kirekune, the home of his long-lost love. And on to contact with the most exotic civilization of all. America... less

Our world is like water to them. The daemons swim invisible through rock and trees, men and beasts--until they are summoned by a handler, collared, and imprisoned in oak and silver to power entire cities with their rage.Crispin became a daemon handler as a boy, taught by an exiled courtier who had become a circus bum. The gift gave him wings, carrying him all the way to far Kirekune, the home of his long-lost love. And on to contact with the most exotic civilization of all. America...