Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. If not, the text unspools with an almost calligraphic flair.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: If you know your classics, the references brighten the page like linguistic lemon juice. Global mythology, Hawaiian lore, classical allusions, linguistics, local mores, and historical events – they’re woven so subtly into the warp and weft of “Everywhere” that it averts gaudiness. History enthusiasts might weep sweet tears at the humbling number of references. The author’s research shines in this tale. “Ah yes, of course,” Kashmir replies smoothly. Nix shoots back, “That’s good intentions.” When an admirer visits the ship and assures Slate his intentions are honorable, Kashmir smiles thinly and says, “Don’t they say the road to hell is paved with honorable intentions?” The self-assured, sarcastic sailor has some of the best lines in the book. Kash and Nix are best friends, thick as thieves (sometimes literally). Nix’s best friend on the ship is Kashmir, a master pickpocket from mythical Persia. There is that moment when they reach out – like a drowning man will – and if you’re within reach, they will pull you down with them.” “There is something terrifying about seeing someone strong standing on the edge of the abyss, like a ship on the lip of a whirlpool where the whole sea plunges into the maw of Charybdis. “Slate was there, clapping his hands together, the color high in his cheeks, and for a moment I glimpsed what my mother must have when she fell in love. Take these nuggets from Nix, describing her father at his highest. Nix detests many of his characteristics, while unwittingly echoing them. Slate and Nix’s relationship suffers a constant push-pull. Her use of adjective and metaphor is positively succulent. But Heilig has a steady hand at the time-traveling tiller. I won’t sugarcoat it: This is one of the more labyrinthine plots I’ve met. If they get back to 1868 Hawaii, and her mother doesn’t die, what becomes of Nix? Will she get the happy family she’s dreamed of, or will she cease to exist? When Slate acquires the most promising map yet, Nix’s fears are poised to become reality.
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An opium junkie with kinetic charisma, he is there and yet not there in every scene. He’s wild, willful, at once single-minded and distracted, zealous, taut, and desperate. Slate is a compelling character, as befits a time-traveling sea captain. Nix has spent her entire life on the Temptation, forced to aid her father in his quest. Our protagonist is Slate’s daughter, Nix, now a teenager and the Temptation’s resident expert on cartography, history, and folklore. Slate has spent 16 years obsessively trying to reclaim the last time he was truly happy.īut as any good sci-fi fan can warn you, changing the past can have unforeseen consequences for the present. That’s the last time he saw his wife, who died in childbirth while he was away on a time-venture. But their captain, Slate, has only one place and time in mind: Honolulu, 1868. Mount Olympus with Greek gods! Asgard, home of the Norse pantheon! The land of “One Thousand and One Nights”! (Say hi to Scheherezade for me, won’t you?) As long as the map is historically valid, the ship can even visit mythical places. (I don’t recommend it.) Watch the Spanish Armada disintegrate with the help of a 1588 English Channel map. Want to see Krakatoa explode? Get them an 1883 map of Indonesia. The crew of the ship Temptation can go anywhere and any when, provided they have an accurate map of their destination. The Monitor's View North Koreans embrace truth over consequences
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