Overview

In the chaos of disaster, finding other people may bring salvation or a new set of dangers where menace, death, friendship, and love are found in the surprising fissures of a drowning world. 18-year-old Jack wakes from a blackout to find an apocalyptic landscape, the earth split open and a violent flood engulfing the farming valley where he lives. Orphaned and homeless, Jack begins searching for signs of life. But someone, or something, is stalking him. Through flooded farmlands and mountain terrain, survival rests on a razor-thin edge, the loss or discovery of food and tools the difference between life and death. Jack struggles through a transformed world and into a new life, haunted by the demons and scars of the old. Set in the near future, Ship in the Sky is a coming-of-age literary work of fiction. Cormac McCarthy's The Road for young adults.

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""In Young Adult fiction, voice is everything. SHIP IN THE SKY brings it! With a gritty yet lyrical and singular voice, SHIP IN THE SKY creates an in-depth world that at times evokes apocalyptic literature like McCarthy's THE ROAD in tone. It's an adventure, to be sure, but more importantly, a journey, which is not the same thing. The story celebrates perseverance and relationships between human beings (and a great dog!) that will satisfy readers looking for connection from their stories and characters."" — Tom Leveen, author of Hellworld, Heartless, and Can't Wait for Tomorrow

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Elle Evans is Welsh, though having moved so many times, her accent is decidedly mid-Atlantic. She is currently penning three novels on the go, one of which is the sequel to Ship in the Sky. Elle is also a Transpersonal Psychotherapist, working privately from her home practice in Cape Town, South Africa.

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