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    Marina Sparrow has spent her life outrunning her father’s shadow, a cursed compass, and every hungry hand of the Crown. But when Elizabeth Turner begs her to hide young Henry from the men hunting him, Marina is forced back into the world she swore she’d abandoned.
    A brutal storm wrecks their journey and throws them into Nassau — a nest of pirates, rumors, and debts the sea never forgot. There, Marina crosses paths with Charles Vane, a captain far too perceptive for her comfort and far too dangerous to ignore. What begins as a simple mapmaking job quickly tangles into pursuit, betrayal, quiet glances, and impossible choices as the Crown closes in and old enemies rise from the deep.

    Vane sees through her lies.

    The Crown wants her dead.

    And Marina carries a compass that doesn’t point north — and a name powerful enough to topple kingdoms and raise ghosts.
    To protect Henry, Marina must outmaneuver pirates who want her skills, captains who want her secrets, and a past that refuses to stay buried.

    But the sea keeps its ledger.

    And every debt — hers included — is coming due.

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