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After a lifetime of following her father across the globe and through centuries, it’s finally Nix’s turn to take the helm of the Temptation. The horizon is waiting. She could go anywhere, and her future looks big and bright. But then, while caught in the margins and facing what could have turned into a fatal incident with a sea serpent, Nix discovers her father has been keeping a secret from her. Someone has looked into her future. She’s destined to lose the one she loves to the sea and end up like her father. Heartbroken. Alone.
Nix can’t face the thought of losing Kashmir. He’s her best friend, the only one she can really trust, and her one bright spot along this long journey. But can she really change his fate?
Presented with a mysterious letter, Nix and the crew sail to a mythical utopia to face a man who swears he’s done the impossible and changed history by manipulating time. He promises he can show Nix how to do it too. But no place is perfect and safe, especially this strange, utopian island. Perhaps it true, and while they are here Nix can learn to harness her abilities. Or perhaps time will run out and she’ll lose much more than she first feared.
After reading The Girl from Everywhere, I was really excited to get my hands on a copy of The Ship Beyond Time, but in the end, I felt the story didn’t live up to my love of the first book. That being said, the book was still enjoyable, especially the ending, which left me awake and wondering far too late into the night.
Overall, it remains a fun, time-twisting tale about how the choices we make can define our future, and how some things like time, memory, and the past should not be stolen from us.
Rated: Moderate. For a handful of uses of the name of Deity, nearly 20 uses of mild language, and at least one instance of moderate language. In the way of violence, there are some instances of blood. The past memory of someone being decapitated is brought up, and there are a few gory facts, but it does not describe the act. A creature mauls a man, and there are some brief, bloody descriptions. Crewmates give advice on love and there is talk of “romance” between a married couple. Several innuendos are made. Characters kiss passionately, which leads to more (implied but not shown), but the next morning they are very aware of each other dressing. A man thinks of himself as a god for commanding time. A character gives someone the middle finger.
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