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THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL
book one:
the FISHER KING SERIES
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coming February 2026
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In this sumptuous fantasy perfect for fans of Rachel Gillig, Hannah Whitten, and Danielle L. Jensen, a desperate queen makes a deal with the gods—marry a poor, washashore
fisherman and relinquish her crown—in order to save her people. But not all gods keep
their promises, and the man may not be all he seems.
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"Intricately wrought and deeply imaginative, THE FISHER KING is the kind of delicious slow-burn fantasy that made me love reading. If you fondly remember picking up your first Robin McKinley in the local library, this one is for you."
- Hannah F. Whitten
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Queen Coralys rules the Kingdom of the Five Isles, but when disaster strikes, killing her
husband and destroying half her nation, she pleads with the gods for salvation. And
they do save her, turning back the terrible winds and tide, and snatching her islands
from the brink of destruction.
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But the gods have a wicked sense of justice and they demand an exchange for their
help: Coralys must marry the first man to set foot on her pier. Coralys expects the fleet
of a neighboring country to come to rescue her people, led by its prince, a loyal ally.
What she gets instead is a fisherman so sunburnt and stinking that her court can barely
keep their breakfast down.
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Coralys, undaunted, marries the fisherman just as she promised the gods, and sets out
with him in his unkempt dinghy, with nothing but hopes of revenge against the gods to
keep her from despair. But what this fearless queen does not know is that the fisherman
is actually the god of the sea and he stepped on her dock on purpose.
His own kingdom besieged, his body terribly wounded, and his place as a god
threatened, the god of the sea has plans to turn the tides set against him and finally
offer a place of refuge for his people. But to work the magic he needs will require the
willing help of the one woman bent on his destruction.
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Tropes to watch for: THE ULTIMATE ENEMIES TO LOVERS, rage against destiny, slow burn romance, sea god vibes, dark fairytale vibes, comforting wounded hearts.
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