The complexity of the setting, plus instances of torture and character trauma make this a story to recommend to mature tween and teen audiences. It will appeal to those who enjoy dedicated world-building and new worlds to explore, but it does suffer from some excess padding that may discourage reluctant readers. A fluid mixture of magic and science combine with the dramatic setting to bring freshness to a familiar plot arc. An ambitious fantasy debut plunges readers headlong into a complex world built around the very nature of time. When her uncle is kidnapped by those seeking a powerful artifact, Sophia must journey through a dangerous, shattered landscape to seek out help and answers. Thirteen-year-old Sophia lives with her Uncle Shadrack in New Occident Boston, discovering the magic and science of maps. In the Great Disruption of 1799, time itself broke apart and fragmented, stranding countries and continents in different time periods, some of them thousands of years apart.
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