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Above The Strand
Paperback
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Mysterion Publishing
Published: Feb 27 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Galveston, Texas. Late nineteenth century. A city built on confidence-and surrounded by water.
At the height of its power, Galveston believes itself untouchable. Its wharves pulse with global trade, its brick warehouses and counting houses rise with quiet authority, and above the docks-out of sight and unrecorded-decisions are made that determine who prospers, who waits, and who is erased from the ledger.
Elmina Cross moves easily through these unseen rooms. Precise, disciplined, and underestimated, she understands that influence rarely announces itself. Lucien Pike knows the city from below-its tides, its cargo, its labor, and the fragile timing that keeps commerce alive. Corrado Hale watches from just inland, where power is exercised not through force, but through pressure applied patiently and without apology.
As subtle disruptions ripple through the port-reassigned pilots, delayed shipments, altered assessments-the balance holding Galveston together begins to strain. What appears orderly on paper grows dangerous at the margins. And beyond the harbor, the Gulf waits, indifferent to ambition, accounting, or reputation.
Above the Strand is a richly layered historical novel about systems that reward restraint and punish complacency, about men and women who understand that survival depends not on dominance but on attention. Set against the intricate machinery of a port city on the brink of change, it explores how power moves quietly, how cities deceive themselves, and how water remembers what people choose to forget.
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