The Ship Beyond Time

The breathtaking sequel to the acclaimed The Girl from Everywhere. “Fresh and exciting . . . truly the perfect playground for adventure.”—NPR.org “Thrilling.”—School Library Journal (starred review) Nix has spent her whole life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling father’s ship. And now it’s finally time for her to take the helm. Her future lies bright before her—until she learns that she is destined to lose the one she loves. Desperate to change her fate, Nix sails her crew to a mythical utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what it seems. Not even her relationship with Kash: best friend, thief, charmer extraordinaire. Heidi Heilig weaves fantasy, history, and romance together to tackle questions of free will, fate, and what it means to love another person. At the center of this adventure are extraordinary, complicated, and multicultural characters who leap off the page, and an intricate, recognizable world that has no bounds. This sequel—and conclusion—to The Girl from Everywhere includes five black-and-white maps of historical and mythical locations. Fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Outlander will be swept away. This epic YA time travel adventure is perfect for readers who love: A Heartbreaking Prophecy: Nix is a Navigator who can sail through time, but she can’t escape her own future—a prophecy that says she will lose Kash, the boy she loves, to the sea. A Desperate Quest: To save him, she’ll journey to the mythical, drowned city of Ker-Ys, a supposed utopia where another Navigator claims he can teach her to rewrite history itself. Found Family on a Time-Traveling Ship: Nix must rely on her loyal, multicultural crew aboard the Temptation as they face dangers in a city where nothing is as it seems.