The sea remembers everything. Especially the people you thought you'd left behind.
Across the Lyrian Sea, empires are at war, pirate ships are disappearing, and one woman is running out of ways to outrun her past.
Tempest by Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen, plunges readers into a sweeping adult fantasy filled with dangerous alliances, ruthless ambition, and a love that refuses to stay buried beneath the waves.
Once a noblewoman trapped in a miserable marriage, Cat Rose has reinvented herself as the Widow Rose, mistress of a pirate tavern and determined to answer to no one. But when the Meridian Empire threatens to destroy the remaining pirate republic, her carefully built freedom begins to unravel.
The Empire wants Valerian Kane, the legendary pirate captain whose ship continues to elude its navy. Unfortunately for Cat, he's also the only man she's ever loved. Ordered to betray him or face the gallows, Cat finds herself caught between the life she's fought to build and the man she once loved.
With war closing in and loyalties shifting like the tide, Cat will have to decide just how far she's willing to go to survive.
Tempest LitJoy Edition Features:
- SIGNED by Victoria Aveyard
- AUTHOR LETTER: An exclusive note from Victoria Aveyard
- COVER: LitJoy Exclusive dust jacket paired with the original publisher art on the case
- PAGE EDGES: Digitally designed custom edges
- ENDPAPERS: Exclusive character endpapers by @samaiya.art
- RIBBON BOOKMARK
Book Summary:
Cat Rose has lived two very different lives. Once, she was Lady Catrine Rose of the Meridian Empire, bound to a cruel husband whose fading fortune offered little hope for her future. Now, she's the Widow Rose, the fiercely independent proprietor of a pirate tavern in the Lyrian Sea.
But the fragile freedom of the pirate republic is under threat. The Meridian Empire has sent its navy to reclaim its colonies and crush the pirates standing in its way. One by one, their ships fall, with the exception of a vessel commanded by the elusive Valerian Kane.
With a fearsome reputation and a mysterious connection to the sea, Valerian may be the pirates' last hope against the Empire. He's also the only man Cat has ever loved.
When the Empire gives Cat an ultimatum, deliver Valerian or face execution, she's forced into a dangerous game of survival. Her future depends on betraying a man whose place in her past is far more complicated than she'd like to admit.
As war gathers across the Lyrian Sea, Cat must navigate a world where loyalty is a dangerous currency and every decision could cost her everything.
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