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The world is shifting for Tara and Steen, and the stakes are higher than ever. It begins wihen Steen almost perishing while climbing Africa’s highest mountain. This t
ignites a fierce resilience in him and makes him acutely aware of Tara’s deep feelings—yet, he is dangerously torn by the troubling allure of a seductive older woman.
Just as this emotional tension peaks, fate grants them a magical, shared day sailing in the clear ocean, a fleeting paradise. But this bliss is brutally cut short when a confrontation with bullies at school escalates into a violent fight. Facing expulsion and a crushing separation, Tara and Steen share a heartfelt, tearful farewell, each grappling with the painful reality that their intense, budding romance may have reached its final, premature end.
The story culminates in The Bay of Bengal, four years later. Now a 19-year-old on his own, Steen is trapped and starving aboard a dilapidated yacht in Sri Lanka, his freedom blocked by a missing passport stamp. Hearing of his plight, a young woman risks everything, launching a near-impossible rescue mission across the volatile ocean. Their desperate, emotional reunion on a secluded beach ignites a frantic new plan. With danger closing in, can their love—forged in the fires of survival and years of yearning—finally overcome the circumstances that threaten to pull them apart forever?

About The Author

Tamara Ninan grew up between Mumbai and Africa, her adolescence shaped by international schools, shifting landscapes, and the quiet richness of multicultural life. A lifelong reader of well-worn novels, history, poetry, and science fiction, she developed an early fascination with how stories carry memory, place, and longing across borders.
Her professional background spans teaching, editing, blogging, and compering, experiences that inform the emotional texture and global sensibility of her fiction. Drawing on interests in history, media, film, music, and contemporary affairs, she writes stories that explore identity, resilience, and the fragile intensity of young relationships unfolding against wider worlds in motion.
To the Edge of the Sky is her second book and the continuation of Tara and Steen’s journey in the series. Zarandia Blues — an evolving coming-of-age story shaped by distance, danger, and enduring connection.
When she is not writing, Tamara enjoys long walks, yoga, and podcasts about storytelling and social change.