ABOUT THE BOOK

Monsters eat dreams.

Yes or no?

Far in the future, earth has split apart into thousands of islands dangling between the stars. Privateers search for relics, artifacts, and manuscripts that were lost when the earth split, ships sail the stars like they once sailed oceans, and banished Olde Beings lurk in the Mysts between the islands.

Welcome to the broken world.

Stuck in steerage on the maiden voyage of the luxury airship the Halthow, sixteen-year-old Anya Marcox is determined to make her brother happy by accepting the fate their dead father used to recite to her like a prayer: average lives for average girls.But when an encounter with a dashing stranger lands Anya in the middle of a cutthroat race to find a relic that could change the fate of the islands, average is no longer an option.

Compelled by the whispering of the stars that have always promised her something more, Anya finds herself secretly working as a privateer—and falling for her partner in crime. But her treasure hunt through the stars soon turns deadly: the nightmares are getting worse . . . and Anya is beginning to wonder if they’re more than just dreams.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lilah Fitzgerald is a 19-year-old actress best known for roles in Lucky Hank, Seventh Son, Every Thing Will Be Fine, and Nickelodeon’s live action Monster High franchise. Lilah has also danced professionally as a ballerina in The Nutcracker, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Stars & Swashbucklers is Lilah’s debut novel, and the first installment in The Last Montmorency Saga. Lilah believes that fairy tales save people.

ABOUT THE INTERVIEWER

Miia Harris is known for Just Beyond (2021), Monster High: The Movie (2022) and Monster High the Movie Sequel.