The Tethered Isle

By Arina Cheskey

What if the only escape from a life of chains led straight into a trap of your own making?

In the storm-grey wilds of 1743 County Kerry, nineteen-year-old Aoife N Dhuibhghain survives on myth. Beaten down by her brutal father and the crushing weight of English Penal Laws, she clings to one desperate hope: Hy-Brasil, the phantom island said to rise from the Atlantic mist once every seven years-a place, legend promises, where the shattered become whole.

But when Aoife uncovers her father Cormac's own hunt for the island-a ruthless scheme forged in secret with the English garrison's Captain Walsingham-her dream of escape becomes a race against predators. Stealing Cormac's charts, she flees into the treacherous Kerry coastline alongside Cillian, a smuggler whose scarred past is tangled with the very myth she worships.

The closer they come to Hy-Brasil, the darker its truth grows. The island does not reward-it judges. And the blood toll it demands may cost Aoife the only thing she has left to lose.

Can she surrender the dream that kept her alive long enough to fight for something real?

The Tethered Isle is essential reading for fans of Susanna Clarke and Sarah Waters-where atmospheric historical mystery meets the raw magic of Irish folklore.

Arina Cheskey writes historical fiction steeped in folklore, forgotten voices, and the fierce will to survive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GGJ185DF
• ISBN13: 9798243680806
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"