Breakwater [A City Builder Progression Novel]

To save a life, Jack broke an ancient pact. In doing so, he unleashed a century of the ocean's fury. Now the harbor city of Greyhaven faces a storm powerful enough to wipe it from existence. The city's leaders are too consumed by their own rivalries to act. The Council is corrupt. Power brokers profit from failure. Noble houses fight among themselves for money, influence, and control while thieves thrive in the chaos. To them, both the city's infrastructure and its citizens are disposable resources to be exploited for profit. Jack has one chance to save the city: forge a new pact with the ocean. But to succeed, he must change the very city whose corruption created the crisis in the first place. He must step out of the shadows and into the spotlight, putting a target on his back. Can he gain enough power and influence to save the city before its corruption recognizes him as a threat?What You Can Expect-Mature, Rational Protagonist-City Building, Politics, and Institutional Progression-Slow-Burn Character Growth and Found Family-Gritty Harbor-City Setting with Corruption, Monsters, and Disaster-Driven Tension-Consequences That Matter and Victories That Must Be Earned