The Hundredth Tide

The sea remembers every debt. On Paganton Island, the hundredth tide has come to collect.

When Rowan Hale is torn from his family and washed ashore on an island that should not exist, he discovers a community ruled by an ancient Order, a blood-hungry Book of Shadows and a bridge sustained by sacrifice.

Rowan has been chosen as the next Offering.

But Carey Venn knows the island's miracles are built on hidden machinery, inherited terror and generations of carefully buried lies. With her sons held as leverage and her mother missing after uncovering the truth, Carey sees Rowan as their last chance to escape.

As forbidden pages surface and the island's history begins to unravel, Rowan learns that survival may be more dangerous than death. The Book does not simply want his blood. It wants his grief, his loyalty—and the power to turn love into obedience.

To break the cycle, Rowan must decide who deserves saving, who authored the island's suffering and whether destroying one ruler will only create another.

Some sacrifices feed the darkness. Others teach it your name.

The Hundredth Tide is a dark, atmospheric tale of isolation, inherited power, forbidden history and the terrible cost of choosing who comes home.