Mortal Coexistence: Book 1: The Bridge. The Bringer. The Beginning.

By Josie McCray

Mortal Coexistence is written in a poetic, lyrical format- meaning the story flows without traditional quotation marks around dialogue. This is intentional. The goal is immersion: dialogue, thought, memory, and emotion blending together like poetry, inviting the reader to feel the atmosphere as much as they follow the plot.A dark romantasy / mythical fantasy set in a world where Gods control mortal lives, Mortal Coexistence follows Nerissa, a young Goddess and princess of the Littoral Lands. Sheltered and lied to by her family, living inside a rigid immortal hierarchy, Nerissa begins to uncover the cracks beneath divine rule-political unrest, forbidden choices, and truths powerful enough to break entire systems while navigating love and friendship, sorting through family ties, trying to uncover truth in a world of lies. As tensions rise between immortals, humans, and the Selkie people of the sea, Nerissa is pulled toward a decision that could alter the fate of the world itself.A story of survival, control, identity, and autonomy-where trust is fragile, obedience is tradition, and freedom comes with a cost.

Intro:

I was born a Goddess, but never free.

Sheltered in a post-apocalyptic slice of earth built on lies, I live beneath my father's rule-a King with the Gods-given power to command body and soul. He longs for my gifts to awaken. I long only for freedom, for truth, for the family I have never known. But one twisted truth will shatter everything I believe and set me on the most dangerous path of my life.

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Nerissa, young Goddess and princess of the Littoral Lands, must navigate a world where immortal Gods rule over both humans and the Selkie people of the sea-a land bound by years of fear and endless games of kings and queens. Her passions and curiosities are met with silence and punishment, but her search for answers will ignite a journey that changes not only her fate, but the fate of the world she was born to inherit.

Mortal Coexistence is Nerissa's beginning: her fight for truth, her search for love and meaning, and her rise to become who she was always meant to be.

That is where the true magic lies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRXSJQX4
• ISBN13: 9798265510983
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"