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Brine and Bone
Fantasy
Brine and Bone
170 pages · First published 2018
Magdalena of Ondile secretly loves Crown Prince Finnian but has been expelled from court and now studies at a sage’s seminary, burdened by destructive empathy magic. When the sea takes Finnian, Magdalena finds him washed ashore and alive, drawing her back into the palace world she tried to leave. His survival is no miracle without a price: the eerie sea creature that spared him intends to reclaim him and is willing to demand flesh and torment as payment. This Little Mermaid-inspired novella shifts the familiar story’s perspective and turns rescue, sacrifice, and painful magic into a darker examination of what love is willing—and unwilling—to surrender.
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