Way to Onatara. Book Two. The Chronicle of the Celestial Swimmer

The journey continues! But what if the path you must now tread seems to consist of nothing but obstacles? And what if the only way to protect those dear to you is to remain on that path all alone? When your wings are trapped, your friends are in trouble, and you have to pay the price time and again for things you haven’t done, it feels as though the next step is simply beyond your strength. But the snake’s stubborn and defiant heart has never allowed anyone to give up, and the traveler will conquer the path; a way out will be found where no one expected it, and what was once perceived as a threat will turn out to be the marvelous song of a celestial swimmer.
The events of the “Way to Onatara” cycle unfold aboard a spaceship which, for ten years now, has been carrying a group of the last surviving Earthlings — aliens with a great ancient culture — through the stars. Among them is just one representative of the human race: a boy named Nikola.
“Way to Onatara” is a story about how to be yourself, even when the world around you tells you that you don’t belong. It is about what it is like to find your own path through alienation and loneliness. It is about the tender flutter of a thread of hope that sprouts through cold metal against all odds. And about how to live when everything familiar has been lost, and ahead lies absolute uncertainty and a terrible choice that you cannot avoid making.
“The Chronicle of the Celestial Swimmer” is the second part of Ekaterina Korobova’s “Way to Onatara” series.