Among the Nameless Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #0.5)

by Diana Peterfreund

Before Kai joined the Cloud Fleet, he wandered… AMONG THE NAMELESS STARS

Four years before the events of FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, the servant Kai left the North Estate, the only home he’d ever known, and Elliot North, the only girl he ever loved, in search of a better life. But the journey was not an easy one.

Featuring narrow escapes, thrilling boat races and at least one deadly volcanic wasteland.

• ASIN: B008LCP77A
• Publish Date: 2012
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 60
• Language: English

Reviews

[pagingserenity]

It was really interesting to learn more about Kai's perspective and how he ended up with the Innovations.

[Artemis]

Excellent little backstory for Kai from For Darkness Shows the Stars. I enjoyed this small story illustrating the transition Kai made to Captain Malakai.

[celinenyx]

A novella set before For Darkness Shows the Stars, Among the Nameless Stars follows Kai after he runs away from the North estate. It was great to spend some time in his head, especially since he is so cold towards Elliot in the first part of For Darkness Shows the Stars. This is the Kai Elliot fell in love with, the sweet but frustrated boy that yearns for freedom. At first I wanted to give this novella a lower rating, but I found myself thinking of Kai a day after finishing this, which deserves a higher rating on it's own.

Recommended for fans of For Darkness Shows the Stars. This novella is better read after the novel, so you fully grasp the world and what's going on.

[Amanda]

Among the Nameless Stars is for people who…

…read and loved For Darkness Shows the Stars (It’s probably best to have read the first book; it might be too confusing otherwise.)
…want part of Kai’s story
…craved more information about this world
…had forgotten how much they loved For Darkness Shows the Stars (No, really. I want to reread the book again.)
…understand that sometimes what we have isn’t as bad as we think it is.

Among the Nameless Stars was a free Kindle book I downloaded on April 14, 2013 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.

[ladygrey]

When I read For Darkness Shows the Stars I thought it was good but didn't think I'd be interested in re-reading it. This story totally makes me want to go back to that world again and emerse myself in the larger story.