An Ember Tide Novella
The Keeper's Oath
Before the tide rose, a young keeper swore an oath to a light that should never have been lit. This short prequel shows how the Ember Tide began.
Released
Published
Publisher
Saltreach Press
Pages
92
Edition
Paperback original
About the book
Every lighthouse begins with a promise.
Mara Vell is seventeen when she inherits the Saltreach lighthouse and the strange flame burning at its top. The keeper before her left one rule: never let it go dark.
When a stranger arrives on the last ferry of the season, Mara learns what the flame is holding back. Then she has to decide what she is willing to give to keep it burning.
The Keeper’s Oath is a 90-page prequel to The Ember Tide. Read it before Salt & Cinder or after Book Three. It works either way.
Praise & reviews
A quiet, aching origin story. It made me want to reread the whole series.
Mira Okafor, The Lamplight Review
Short, sharp, and full of salt. The perfect way into this world.
Fantasy Shelf Weekly
Every line feels like the hush before a storm.
Ruth Calloway, author of The Glass Orchard
