The Ice in Our Veins - Paperback

by T. Rene Thornhill (Author)

She has always known the sea would take something from her. She never expected it to take everything.

Elin of Frostwake has always lived between two worlds: bound to the land by love, but called to the sea by blood.

When pirates capture her twin brother, Elin trades her selkie pelt for his life-and loses him anyway.

Stripped of her birthright and left with nothing but grief, she joins the Silvamari navy with one purpose: to hunt down the man who destroyed her life. But vengeance, she learns, cannot fill what grief has emptied.

Aboard the warship Maren, she is drawn into a kingdom already breaking beneath the weight of a merciless sea god-and into the orbit of Lieutenant Edward Graves, whose quiet, steady presence threatens the walls she's built to survive.

As Elin fights, grieves, and learns what it means to keep living, she begins to understand that survival and love come with their own costs. And that some fates cannot be outrun.

The Ice in Our Veins is a dark, folklore-driven fantasy about grief, identity, and the price of loving in a world determined to take everything.

Perfect for Readers Who Enjoy:

• Dark, character-driven fantasy with emotional depth
• Grief-centred stories about identity and survival
• Folklore-inspired magic and ocean-bound worlds
• Found family and grief-driven romance with hard-won emotional stakes

The Ice in Our Veins is a prequel tragedy to the upcoming Black Tide Trilogy.