Have you ever wanted to read sci-fi and historical fiction simultaneously and just can’t manage holding two books at once? Your solution is here!   We start with the sci-fi. Oxford, England, in 2060 is the epicenter of historical research conducted through time traveling. Everyone is in complete chaos because Mr. Dunworthy, the don in charge of time travel, has changed everyone’s historical “drops” at the last minute and hared off to London to talk to some time-travel philos

Switching it up a little this time—instead of a sentient house, it’s a sentient ship!   Althea is sailing onboard her father’s ship the Vivacia , who is made out of a particular kind of wood, wizardwood, that will quicken after its three first captains from its family have died onboard its decks. Vivacia  is already something of a living creature, and Althea knows and loves her and expects to be made captain after her father’s death, when the ship wakes into full sentience. T

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