Evan Dahm

"Alef has planted his flag on the Infinite Land and built an enormous citadel along the coastline--but it's not enough. He is preparing to venture inland and wage war against the Continent's native population. Hunder, now Chief in name only, doesn't have the courage to stop him. Suddenly, Wick returns from the sea with an urgent message: Sola, the cursed girl who was lost at sea, may still be alive! Hunder and Wick set sail on the Star once more in...

"Once, everyone called Sola 'cursed.' Now they call her hero. But why doesn't she feel like one? After their quest to find the Monster, Sola and her friends have gone down separate paths. Sola spends her days on the open seas while Hunder stays close to home as the chief of the unified Sun and Fortress Islands. And Wick? Well . . . it's almost as if he's become a ghost. Then their world is thrown into chaos when Alef, the captain of one of Hunder's...

"Six months from now, detailed schematics anonymously uploaded to the Internet will describe, in perfect detail, how to build a faster-than-light engine for $200 in easily-available parts. Space travel will become instantly--and chaotically--democratized. The entire cosmos will be within reach of all humankind. This is what happens next"--