The Voyage Beyond the Stars

For seventeen-year-old Princess Lyra Vale, the sea has always been forbidden.

The Endless Sea surrounds the kingdom of Asteria, stretching farther than any map can show. Sailors who enter its waters rarely return, and those who do come back with terrifying stories of monsters, cursed islands, ancient gods, and ships that vanish beneath the waves.

Lyra never believed the legends-until her older brother, Prince Kael, disappears while searching for a mysterious island hidden somewhere beyond the sea.

When the kingdom refuses to search for him, Lyra takes matters into her own hands. Stealing a ship and gathering a small crew, she sets out across the Endless Sea to bring her brother home.

But the journey is far more dangerous than she imagined.

Her crew encounters an island where people have forgotten their identities, a magical forest controlled by a mysterious sorceress, a city hidden beneath the ocean, and a deadly passage where beautiful voices promise travelers everything their hearts desire.

Then Lyra meets Elias Thorne, a mysterious sailor who seems to know more about the Endless Sea than anyone should. As danger closes in, Lyra begins to realize that Elias may be connected to her brother's disappearance-and possibly to the dark secret her family has hidden for generations.

Because the Endless Sea isn't simply cursed.

It remembers.

And long ago, Lyra's ancestors made a bargain with an ancient power beneath the waves.

Now that bargain has come due.

To save her brother and return home, Lyra must face monsters, magic, betrayal, and the truth about her own bloodline. Along the way, she may discover that the greatest danger isn't the sea at all-but the choice she will have to make when she finally reaches the end of her journey.

**Some journeys take you away from home.
Others reveal where you truly belong.**