
by T.R. DeLancey
Elara and the Fourth Horizon Book IV of The Tideborn Chronicles The sea remembers. And it has begun to wake. The search for the ancient vessels has carried Elara farther than any Tideborn has sailed in centuries. Every discovery has uncovered another mystery. Every answer has demanded a greater price. Now the horizon itself is calling. Ancient constellations no longer point north. Forgotten sea routes return to life. Bells long silent answer across the ocean, and ships thought lost to history begin to stir beneath the waves. But Elara is no longer running from the legends. For the first time, she must lead them. With her growing fleet sailing into waters erased from every map, old allies will be tested, new enemies will emerge, and secrets buried since the First Fleet will finally rise from the depths. Somewhere beyond the known world lies the Fourth Horizon... ...where the sea keeps its oldest promises. And its oldest monsters.
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