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Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

Immerse yourself in this epic fantasy adventure from a bestselling author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Author

Series: Geomancer

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: August 28, 2025

Category: Fantasy

ISBN: 9781510107953

Series: Geomancer

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: March 12, 2026

Category: Fantasy

ISBN: 9781510107915

Series: Geomancer

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: August 28, 2025

Category: Fantasy

ISBN: 9781510107946

The thrilling third Geomancer book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the bestselling, award-winning Kiran Millwood Hargrave, for readers of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell.

‘Destined to be a classic’ Garth Nix
‘This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting’ Independent
‘A stunning adventure’ Cressida Cowell

Ysolda has unlocked the earth magic, and its powers are rising within her. Could she really find out what it is like to fly, or to control the creatures of the deep?

With a rebel princess by her side, she is racing against the fearsome wolf queen. But they’re in for a stormy journey across the sea, facing pirates and the elements, and with the future of the whole world at stake …

From the author of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies, the Geomancer trilogy is a new modern classic for readers young and old.

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Waterstones Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year.

*Kiran Millwood Hargrave was a top 5 bestseller in the UK Nielsen Bookscan chart, 18 February 2025

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning, bestselling novelist. Her debut story for children The Girl of Ink & Stars won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. Her work has been short- and long-listed for numerous major prizes including the Costa Award and the CILIP Carnegie Award, and her novel Julia and the Shark, illustrated by Tom de Freston, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named Waterstones Children’s Gift of the Year. She’s a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and lives in Oxford with her husband and cats, in a house between a river and a forest.

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