It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer. Nix Song is a time-traveler. She and her father use maps to navigate not just the globe but time itself. Their glorious old pirate ship, manned by a rag-tag crew of time-refugees, is stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical and takes them wherever their hearts desire. But for all the adventure such a life holds, there is danger too. A danger that threatens Nix's very existence. And when fate and a very particular map take Nix back to her origins, everything she knows is thrown into jeopardy. Including, perhaps the path to the love of her life . . .