Ten Thousand Skies Above You is the second book in Claudia Gray’s Firebird series, the sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You. It is a dimension-hopping sci-fi romance: Marguerite races through parallel worlds to save Paul, whose consciousness has been scattered across multiple dimensions. It is for readers who have finished A Thousand Pieces of You and want to know what happens next, and for anyone who likes a love story that jumps between parallel worlds.
The Firebird setup
Marguerite’s parents are famous scientists who not only discover that multiple dimensions co-exist all around us, but invent a small device that allows a person to travel among these dimensions and inhabit our “other dimension” self, one at a time. Needless to say, it’s a world-altering discovery/invention but Marguerite’s father is murdered immediately following the discovery. One of his two trusted lab assistants, Paul, is accused of the murder (we don’t know by what evidence), and Paul skips town. Or rather, he skips their dimension entirely using the newly invented device called the Firebird, hence the series title. Marguerite and the other lab assistant, smarmy Theo, take two more Firebirds and chase after Paul to extract revenge.
What Ten Thousand Skies Above You is about
In this sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, Marguerite races through various dimensions to save the boy she loves.
Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents’ invention, to cross through to alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurt the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked, and his consciousness is scattered across multiple dimensions.
The Firebird series in order
- A Thousand Pieces of You
- Ten Thousand Skies Above You (this book)
- A Million Worlds with You
Questions readers ask
Is it Ten Thousand Skies Above You or A Thousand Skies Above You? The title is Ten Thousand Skies Above You. A Thousand Pieces of You is the first book in the series.
Do I need to read the first book first? This book is a sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You, and the setup with the Firebird device comes from that first book, so the series is meant to be read in order.
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