The southern coast is rebuilding. The sea is not.After breaking the corrupt Crown and founding the Tide Council, Maren Vey and Prince Caelan Arct believe they have bought the coast time. Then a frozen dispatch arrives from the north. Ships have vanished inside the pack ice. Compasses point beneath the sea. Across the horizon, a silver current is moving beneath the ice, carrying voices that remember every promise ever broken.
Maren and Caelan sail aboard the Salt Singer with Sera, the mapmaker who can hear patterns in the tide, and Elian, the lost princess whose memories are more dangerous than any weapon. Their destination is an ancient citadel carved into a glacier, a place older than the mainland kingdoms and built around the first Crown.Inside the ice, Maren must face the memories she has spent her life surviving. Caelan must confront the royal failures he once hid behind duty. When northern rulers try to seize the silver tide, the expedition becomes a battle for more than territory. The ancient current is waking, and it may not be coming to destroy the world. It may be trying to return to the place where it was first betrayed.
As the frost spreads south and the sea begins to speak with familiar voices, Maren and Caelan must decide what kind of promise can survive power, distance, and fear. The answer will lead them back to the drowned city of Ilyra, where the final Crown is waiting below.
The Silver Tide is a full length romantic fantasy novel featuring a slow burn enemies to lovers romance, ancient ice magic, political intrigue, emotional trials, and a dangerous journey into the northern sea. It is Book 2 of The Drowned Crown.
