SHIP IN THE SKY

230pp., paperback, Flare Kids, El Paso & Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781963511239

A coming-of-age young adult novel set in the USA.

Eighteen-year-old Jack wakes up from a blackout to find the earth split open and a violent flood engulfing the farming valley where he lives. Orphaned and homeless, Jack and his dog Bud begin searching for signs of life. But someone, or something, is stalking him.

"Jacks journey across a flooded landscape shimmers in the mind long after the closing scene. In this visual and emotive text, Jack shines - his resilience, quirky humor, courage and candor ... A terrific debut!" Joanne Hitchens,  author of Death and the After Parties

"Ship in the Sky taps into anxieties about the future of our planet ... But the bleakness of the post-apocalyptic setting is offset by instances of compassion, humaneness and the reinstatement of small pockets of community. Skillfully wrought and shot through with a tender, lingering lyricism ... the work of a writer fully and satisfyingly in control of her material." David Medalie, Director of the Unit for Creative Writing, University of Pretoria

Welsh writer Elle Evans is a transpersonal psychotherapist working in private practice in Cape Town. Ship in the Sky is her debut novel.