Tidebound

By Joan Bathsheba

She was never meant to be a hero. The sea had other plans.

After a mutiny leaves her stranded on a deserted atoll, sixteen-year-old navigator's apprentice Mara Vega discovers two impossible things: a wounded mythical sea creature called a hippocampus, and a cryptic riddle-brand burned into her arm by her dying captain. When she bonds with the creature-a forbidden connection the empire has spent centuries trying to destroy-Mara becomes the most wanted fugitive on the ocean. Hunted by a relentless commander and his armored war-shark, she must cross treacherous waters, face ancient guardians, and unlock the secret of a sunken treasure that could free the seas forever-or doom them to eternal chains.

The tide is turning. And the deep remembers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1NVWBH5
• ISBN13: 9798235124950
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Joan Bathsheba
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"