The Star-Devouring Sea and the Lost Compass

The stars are vanishing. One by one. And no one knows why. Sixteen-year-old Isla has passed the Compass Trial—a feat only three others have achieved in fifty years. But certification doesn't mean respect, and it certainly doesn't mean the sailors of Nebrina will believe a girl can survive the open sea alone. They're wrong. Aboard the *Grayfeather*, a sloop carrying the scars of old voyages and tide-marks that let it outrun any ordinary ship, Isla sets sail west—past the Iron Tide Sea, into wa