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What if you were fifteen, bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you’d been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival – not love – the issue? Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant... read more
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Characters edit
- Waverly Marshall: One of the main characters who is engaged to Kieran. She was the first girl born and the scond born on the ship empyrean
- Kieran Alden: one of the main characters. First born on the ship the Empyrean. Is engaged to Waverly, and is next in comand to be captian of the ship.
- Anne Mather: The Pastor and Captain of the New Horizon.
- Amanda: A lady Waverly meets and she takes care of Waverly.
- Seth Ardvale: A boy who lives on the same ship as Waverly and Kieran. He likes Waverly.
Quotes edit
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“There is a design working behind the curtain of the stars, and we are fulfilling it, drawn toward the future on the tide of time, toward our destiny as the first settlers of a new world.”
Kieran Alden -
“"I guess you don't like him much," she said. "Let's just say I have an instinctive distrust of perfection."”
Waverly, Seth
Setting & Locations edit
- Empyrean: The twin ship to New Horizon, and where Waverly lives.
- New Horizon: The Twin Ship to the Empyrean
- The Nebula: Where both twin ships are heading towards the New Earth.
First Sentence edit
The other ship hung in the sky like a pendant, silver in the ether light cast by the nebula.
Table of Contents edit
Part 1: Twin Ships
Chapter 1:Proposal
Chapter 2:In The Garden
Chapter 3:Breach
Chapter 4:Resucue Mission
Chapter 5:Left Behind
Part 2: Captives
Chapter 6:On the Shuttle
Chapter 7:The New Horizon
Chapter 8:Dormitory
Chapter 9:Allies
Chapter 10:The Past
Chapter 11:In the Banyan Tree
Chapter 12:Family Time
Chapter 13:Services
Part 3: Maneuvers
Chapter 14:Containment
Chapter 15:Zero Grav
Chapter 16:Good-Byes
Chapter 17:Decompression
Chpater 18:Spin
Part 4: Subversions
Chapter 19:Cargo
Chapter 20:Worse Fates
Chapter 21:Desperation
Chapter 22: Amanda
Chapter 23:Ovation
Chapter 24:School
Chapter 25:Services
Chapter 26:Escape
Part 5: Metamorphosis
Chapter 27:A Pale Thread
Chapter 28:Trial
Chapter 29:Recovery
Chapter 30:Transformation
Chapter 31:The Seth Problem
Chapter 32:Stars
Chapter 33:Together
Epilogue:
Chapter 34:Strangers
Chapter 35:Kieran
Chapter 36:Waverly
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Sky Chasers. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Amy Kathleen Ryan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 27, 2011
ISBN: 9780312590567
Page Count: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 27, 2011
ISBN: 9780312590567
Page Count: 320
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