The Ice in Our Veins: A Black Tide Story (The Black Tide)

She has always known the sea would take something from her. She never expected it to take everything.Elin of Frostwake has always lived between two worlds: bound to the land by love, but called to the sea by blood.When pirates capture her twin brother, Elin trades her selkie pelt for his life—and loses him anyway.Stripped of her birthright and left with nothing but grief, she joins the Silvamari navy with one purpose: to hunt down the man who destroyed her life. But vengeance, she learns, cannot fill what grief has emptied.Aboard the warship Maren, she is drawn into a kingdom already breaking beneath the weight of a merciless sea god–and becomes entangled in the lives of the warship’s crew, including its quiet lieutenant, Edward Graves.As Elin fights, grieves, and learns what it means to keep living, she begins to understand that survival and love come with their own costs. And that some fates cannot be outrun.The Ice in Our Veins is a dark, folklore-driven fantasy about grief, identity, and the price of loving in a world determined to take everything.Perfect for Readers Who Enjoy:Found family forged through grief and survivalMythic folklore and emotionally charged fantasyCharacter-driven tragedy with haunting atmosphereVengeance, sacrifice, and survival against impossible oddsThe Ice in Our Veins is a prequel tragedy to the upcoming Black Tide Trilogy. Read more