

There was plenty of action, which should have made the book feel like a fast listen, though I kind of kept waiting to get to the point. I’m always a fan of found families and the crew of the ship definitely fits the bill. Ana was a bit too stupidly headstrong for my taste but I mostly liked her well enough to overlook it. I liked the main characters well enough, though the secondary characters weren’t very distinct in my mind. This was pretty good but it never fully grabbed my attention and I can’t say why. Now their entire kingdom is after them-and the coordinates-and not everyone wants them captured alive. When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves? What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives-and unearth dangerous secrets. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them.

But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. But D09-one of the last remaining illegal Metals-has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.Īna’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives-and unearth dangerous secrets.Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature.

Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But D09-one of the last remaining illegal Metals-has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly. *A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection* An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia.
