The Isles of the Gods

Christopher Tovo AMIE KAUFMAN is the New York Times and internationally bestselling co-author of the Illuminae Files, the Aurora Cycle, the Starbound Trilogy, and the Unearthed and Other Side of the Sky duologies. Her award-winning work has been translated into nearly 30 languages. Amie has degrees in history, literature, law, and conflict resolution, and is pursuing a PhD in creative writing. Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, she now lives by the sea in Melbourne with her family and an extremely large personal library. You can visit Amie at amiekaufman.com to subscribe to her newsletter. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The sea is in my blood. Like Selly, my first steps were on a boat, steadier on the swaying deck than on land. I took my own daughter down to the sea when she was just two weeks old, to dab a little salt water on her. I’m glad that in writing this book I had the chance to take you—my reader—down to the sea as ALSO BY AMIE KAUFMAN The Starbound Trilogy (with Meagan Spooner) The Unearthed Duology (with Meagan Spooner) The Other Side of the Sky Duology (with Meagan Spooner) The Elementals Trilogy (for children) The World Between Blinks Duology (with Ryan Graudin, for children) ALSO BY AMIE KAUFMAN AND JAY KRISTOFF Aurora Rising (Aurora Cycle_01) Aurora Burning (Aurora Cycle_02) Aurora’s End (Aurora Cycle_03) Illuminae (The Illuminae Files_01) Gemina (The Illuminae