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The Ballad of Blood and Brine: In a world ruled by crowns and krakens, love is the deadliest heresy

The Ballad of Blood and Brine: In a world ruled by crowns and krakens, love is the deadliest heresy

Maiolo, David

Paperback

FantasyMystery & ThrillerGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction

ISBN13: 9798254814603
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
To the Sovereign Empire, their love is an abomination punishable by the gallows. To each other, it is the only thing keeping them alive.

Tobias Finch is a musician with a soul made of melodies and a heart tethered to a killer. Gideon Cross is a ruthless thief forged in blood, whose jagged scars hide a desperate, fiercely protective devotion. Hunted by the relentless zealots of Queen Constance's Inquisition, the lovers are forced to flee the cobblestone streets of the Empire and buy their passage on a pirate galleon bound for the uncharted, monster-infested waters of the Black-Water Expanse.

But escaping the Queen's noose only delivers them into the maw of older, darker gods.

When a catastrophic leviathan attack leaves Tobias infected with the Abyssal Rot-a horrifying, incurable curse that slowly turns the lungs to black coral-Gideon refuses to accept the sea's death sentence. Guided by a stolen, mythical map, Gideon steers a mutinous crew toward the Isle of Tears, seeking a magical spring rumored to wash away any blight.

Time is running out.

With Tobias's breaths failing, the pirate crew turning against them, and an armada of holy executioners closing in, Gideon must carve a path through a jungle of nightmares to save the man he loves. But the sea demands a bloody toll, and as ancient krakens rise from the depths to feast on the carnage, Gideon will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice.

The Ballad of Blood and Brine is a dark, swashbuckling M/M fantasy romance teeming with eldritch sea monsters, brutal pirate warfare, and a love story so powerful it will break your heart and steal your breath.

Perfect for fans of epic nautical fantasy, LGBTQ+ romance, and heart-wrenching tales of devotion and sacrifice.

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