• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 October #2
  This adventurous sequel to Seafire (2018) picks up right where the thundering conclusion of book one came crashing down. Caledonia has lost her crew and nearly her life at the hands of an enemy warlord. After being nursed back to health by defectors from the warlord's crew, Caledonia refuses to lie low and hide. She sets out on a fearless path to find and rescue her all-female crew and to take down the warlord and his fleet once and for all. Parker delivers the same electricity and magic here as she did in Seafire, maintaining a gripping pace and high tension. The conflicts and relationships are complex and explore the depth of human emotion, love, and connection. We meet new characters and revisit the old, while learning more about their secrets and pasts. The story's perilous situations, non-stop adventure, and refreshingly unpredictable plot twists rise easily to the surface, but the tale also plumbs the depths of war's gray areas, questioning whether any side in a war can truly be all good or all bad. Grades 9-12. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.

Natalie C. Parker is the author of the Beware the Wild duology, the Seafire trilogy, and the editor of Three Sides of a Heart. She earned her BA in English literature from the University of Southern Mississippi and her MA in gender studies from the University of Cincinnati. She grew up in a Navy family finding home in coastal cities from Virginia to Japan. Now, she lives surprisingly far from any ocean on the Kansas prairie where she runs Madcap Retreats with her wife. She tweets @nataliecparker.