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Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for SEAFIRE
  3. Dedication
  4. Before
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-one
  26. Chapter Twenty-two
  27. Chapter Twenty-three
  28. Chapter Twenty-four
  29. Chapter Twenty-five
  30. Chapter Twenty-six
  31. Chapter Twenty-seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-one
  36. Chapter Thirty-two
  37. Chapter Thirty-three
  38. Chapter Thirty-four
  39. Chapter Thirty-five
  40. Chapter Thirty-six
  41. Chapter Thirty-seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-one
  46. Chapter Forty-two
  47. Chapter Forty-three
  48. Chapter Forty-four
  49. Chapter Forty-five
  50. Chapter Forty-six
  51. Chapter Forty-seven
  52. Chapter Forty-eight
  53. Chapter Forty-nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-one
  56. Chapter Fifty-two
  57. Chapter Fifty-three
  58. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  59. Excerpt from STORMBREAK
  60. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  61. What’s next onyour reading list?

My friends are legion and I will say thank you, but probably owe them so much more than words. Julie Murphy and Bethany Hagen, who keep me honest even when it’s rough; Zoraida Córdova, Dhonielle Clayton, Justina Ireland, Heidi Heilig, and Miriam Weinberg, who give me a place to argue, whine, and brag; my twin, Adib Khorram, whom I met through Seafire and who promotes it better than I do; Becca Coffindaffer and Christie Holland, whom I definitely owe dinner; Dot Hutchison and Amanda Sellet, who meet me every Thursday to write; Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, Louisa White, Carrie Ryan, and Ally Carter, who helped me through the whirl; and the entire Kansas writing crew, who inspire me every day—thank you!

Once again, my father endured several phone calls about ships—how to sink them and how to save them—and I am indebted to him for all the ways in which the ships of the Bullet Seas ring true. Thanks for always picking up the phone, Dad.

Many thanks to my family for always asking about my writing and for generally being the best. And especially to my mom for always reading the advanced copy to catch final typos.

And finally, to Tess. We say thank you to each other every day—thank you for doing the dishes, thank you for reading my chapter, thank you for reminding me to eat. If I could build us a castle of thank-yous and set it down in the middle of a wide prairie, I would. Thank you for asking hard questions and for all the ways you make me a better storyteller.

Excerpt from STORMBREAK

HERE’S A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE FINAL BOOK IN THE SEAFIRE TRILOGY!

CHAPTER ONE

Caledonia stood high above the bridge of the Luminous Wake, the sun-bright arrowhead driving her fleet forward. What once had been a single ship, a single brilliant crew, was now eight ships, with hundreds of crew members, all hers. She was still adjusting, but every time they sailed out together like this, they got better at it and so did she.

To either side of the Luminous, the Blade and Piston cut deep tracks into choppy waters. Farther behind, the five remaining ships of Red Fleet held back, ready for the order that would call them into battle. Sledge and Pine were in command of the Blade with a crew of their own. The Piston was under Mino’s command and the entire crew was made up of Hesperus’s people. Their cerulean capelets had been transformed into jackets more suited for seafaring, and they burned brightly against the muted blue of the ocean.