A Dark and Drowning Tide

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentorΓÇÖs murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic. ΓÇ£Clever,emotionaland gorgeousΓÇöat its corethis is a story about the healing capacity of loveΓÇ¥ΓÇöAva Reidauthor of Juniper & Thorn Lorelei Kaskela folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker witis on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold powerwhich the king wants to harness in order to secure his reign over the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is determined to use this opportunity to prove herself and make her wildestmost impossible dream come true: to become a naturalistable to travel freely to lands sheΓÇÖs only read about. The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leaderΓÇöLoreleiΓÇÖs beloved mentorΓÇöis murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are the five remaining expedition mateseach with their own motive. The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rivalthe insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff. Now in charge of the expeditionLorelei must find the spring before the murderer strikes againΓÇöand a coup begins in earnest. But there are other dangers lurking in the dark: forests that rearrange themselves at nightrivers with slumbering dragons hiding beneath the waterand shapeshifting beasts out for blood. As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work together to uncover the truthΓÇöand resist their growing feelings for each otherΓÇöthey discover that their leader had secrets of her own. Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuingand if this kingdom is worth saving at all.