The Nautilus Bridge

About this book

In a world where islands drift on living currents and ships are grown from coral, twelve-year-old Elara lives in terror of the sea that claimed her parents. Plucked from her dusty quarry village when an ancient nautilus shell chooses her as the vessel for primal tidal magic, she is thrust into a chaotic journey aboard the living ship Thalassa's Vein. Escorted by the guilt-ridden Captain Solene and reluctantly tutored by a thirteen-year-old deckhand named Merrin—who secretly hides his identity as a prince of an underwater lineage—Elara must navigate a brutal and unforgiving ocean. As a fallen former chosen one begins siphoning magic from sacred reefs to create monstrous, possessed riptides, the world's balance teeters on the brink of collapse. With her home island fracturing, Elara and Merrin must overcome their disparate backgrounds, learning to synchronize their wildly different magical abilities. Together, they journey toward the Convergence, a massive whirlpool where they must bridge their magic to anchor the world's raw power before the oceans either swallow the land entirely or retreat into barren salt flats.

Book details

Genres:

Romantasy

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-05

Content rating:

R