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Through All Our Heavens

Olivia Hawker (2026-03-17)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age14

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

Scholar / Academic

Heroine archetypes

Time-Displaced Heroine

Synopsis

In this captivating journey through time, an art historian makes an extraordinary discovery from the past that may foretell our future--if she can keep her connection to the woman who started it all. 2053. Haverford College. Nineteenth-century art expert Derryn Witt documents an impossible find: gorgeously detailed paintings depicting the modern world...from 1859. But when a massive solar flare forces a shutdown of all integrated technology, her discovery is jeopardized. The threat intensifies when a group of rebels attack the college, their movement resting upon the rejection of technology. Derryn flees to New York with the help of a sympathetic Sovereign, under the guise of being one herself. But those Civil War-era paintings continue to confound her. Helen Bywater was surely more than an artist--but what? How could she possibly know what the world would look like beyond her own lifetime? As the ethereal tie binding them grows stronger, Derryn begins to see what perhaps Helen did too. That no matter the time, the space between us isn't so vast. The struggles we face aren't so different. And the connection we need to survive isn't so out of reach.

Tags

Science FictionHistorical FantasyTime TravelDystopian ElementsLiterary Fiction

Is Through All Our Heavens appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 14 and up.

Parents should know this book contains rebel attacks on a college campus and a dystopian future where technology has been forced offline. Violence is present but not graphic, and the focus is on mystery, connection across time, and survival.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include violence and political violence.

Publisher age: Adult·Our content rating: 14+

Publisher ages reflect reading level; our rating reflects content maturity — they can differ.

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the mystery of impossible paintings from the past and the thrilling race to survive in a world without technology.