Chains of the Crescent Sea [Large Print]

By Martin Swan

When merchant clerk Elias Harrow boards a routine voyage along the Cornish coast, he expects trade, not capture. But when corsairs intercept his ship, he is pulled into a vast, unseen network-one where human lives are meticulously recorded, priced, and traded through ledgers rather than chains.

In the brutal yet eerily ordered slave markets of the Mediterranean, Elias discovers a chilling truth: this is not chaos-it is commerce.

Alongside Marta, a brilliant cartographer who sees patterns where others see survival, and Father Beno t, a priest whose loyalties run deeper than faith, Elias begins to uncover the hidden architecture behind the trade:

A system where names become numbersWhere ransom is engineered, not negotiatedWhere power lies not in force-but in paperwork

As they descend deeper into the machinery of this shadow economy-through ledger houses, covert water gates, and international intermediaries-they uncover a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the markets themselves.

At its peak stands a powerful force:
House Virelli-the unseen authority that doesn't capture people... but insures their fate.

Now, with a diplomatic hostage at the centre of a multi-layered power struggle, Elias and his allies must do the unthinkable:

Break the system from within.

But in a world ruled by ink and calculation...

Even rebellion must be accounted for.

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTGDSQP7
• ISBN13: 9798233655890
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Martin Swan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"