Tideborne
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Last published Wed, Jun 25, 2025
After surviving a shipwreck that should have taken his life, seventeen-year-old Archer Calore is left with more questions than scars. The ocean took everything from him - his parents, his home, and the boy he used to be.
Now he's somewhere quieter, living under the roof of a grandmother he barely knows, surrounded by people who believe in stories he's trying to forget. But something is happening. The sea feels too close. The waves seem to know his name. And when the calm is broken, Archer begins to wonder if the water ever truly let him go.
Something ancient is stirring. Something long buried.
And Archer is starting to feel it calling him back.
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