The Singing Shore I: Sea and Song

Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2024

Distinguished Favorite, Audiobook-Fiction, Independent Press Awards 2023

Finalist, Indies Today Book Awards

Finalist, Fantasy, Book Excellence Awards

All magical gifts are wild. The seer’s gift is wildest of all.

Dasha, Tsarinovna of all of Zem’, was expected to have great magical gifts. Why else would the gods have arranged her conception? But instead of anything useful, Dasha’s gifts first manifested themselves as visions of terror and destruction. Then, just when it seemed she might be gaining some control over them, they abandoned her entirely.

That’s unfortunate, because Dasha could really use some guidance right now. She’s volunteered to be her people’s envoy to the Rutsi, their warlike neighbors to the West. Dasha wants to make peace with the Rutsi, but the only way they want to make peace with her is by conquest—or marriage.

Dasha leaves behind her home and everything she knows on a dangerous journey to treat with the Rutsi. As she travels through a new land, she discovers new powers, new dangers, and the oldest magic of all—love. Dasha’s gift is wild, but she’s about to find out that the heart is wilder still. Her exploration of forbidden passion and forbidden magic might be the key that unlocks all her untapped promise as the strongest sorceress of her generation—or it could be the weapon that destroys her and everything she cares about.

A high fantasy saga that combines spiritual exploration with a touch of spicy romance, The Singing Shore I: Sea and Song is the first installment in the trilogy sequel to the award-winning miniseries The Breathing Sea. If you loved the Winternight trilogy, The Wolf and the Woodsman, and the Kushiel series, or you just want to immerse yourself in some subversive, snarky epic fantasy set in a matriarchal, Slavic-inspired world, come visit the land of Zem’!

Reading order for The Zemnian Series:

The Zemnian Series: Slava’s Story

The Midnight Land I: The Flight

The Midnight Land II: The Gift

The Zemnian Series: Dasha’s Story

The Breathing Sea I: Burning

The Breathing Sea II: Drowning

The Singing Shore I: Sea and Song

The Singing Shore II: Sky and Stone (forthcoming)

The Singing Shore III: Spirit and Flame (forthcoming)

The Zemnian Series: Valya’s Story

The Dreaming Land I: The Challenge

The Dreaming Land II: The Journey

The Dreaming Land III: The Sacrifice