Daughter of Saltwake

For twenty years, Saltwake Isle has lived under the Crown's punishment.Its people are watched, taxed, restricted, and reminded that survival is the closest thing they will ever receive to mercy. Mira Kest has learned to endure quietly-working, studying forbidden histories, and keeping her anger hidden beneath careful manners.Then the Crown summons a delegation from Saltwake to the mainland capital for a celebration of restored unity.Recruited by the underground resistance known as Redwake, Mira joins the delegation as a records assistant. Her task is simple in theory: observe, remember, and discover what the Crown intends to do with Saltwake's records.Inside the palace, nothing is simple.Ledgers conceal missing names. Official ceremonies disguise threats. A mysterious fourth record line points toward secrets buried before Mira was old enough to remember them. As she is drawn deeper into palace politics, Mira must navigate dangerous alliances, divided loyalties, and the growing attention of Prince Lucien-a man whose restraint may be as dangerous as his power.Far from the family and the man she left behind, Mira begins to question not only what the Crown has hidden, but what Saltwake has hidden from her.The truth could change how she understands her birth, her home, and the rebellion she has chosen to serve.But truth inside the palace is never offered freely.It is controlled, rewritten, and weaponized.And once Mira learns what the Crown has taken from her, returning quietly to the life she knew may no longer be possible.Daughter of Saltwake is an adult political fantasy featuring court intrigue, rebellion, hidden identity, morally complex choices, slow-building romantic tension, and a heroine learning that survival and obedience are not the same thing.

Pages: 524, Paperback, Everly Press