Sign-In
Cart
The Bound One: The Curse in The Sweetness in The Air
Paperback
FantasyMystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN13: 9798181387690
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 13 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 13 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The sea stood up. That's how Captain Milia will describe it, years later, when no one believes him. The sea stood up, the sky turned the colour of a bruise, and their ship was carried; gently, almost kindly, toward an island that should not exist.
He was hired to deliver a warning. Instead, he delivered his crew to one.
He was hired to deliver a warning. Instead, he delivered his crew to one.
What waits on that island has been chained for centuries. Patient. Hungry. Not with hunger as you understand it, but with something worse; the wanting that never stops because it was never meant to. He doesn't roar or threaten. He offers. And what he offers is always, always what you've spent your whole life praying for.
Come, he says. Let me show you what you want. Four men will face him. One will lose his name. One will lose his faith. One will lose his wife-again. And one will learn that some truths are heavier than lies.
The wanting is not a gift. The wanting is a wound.
And this island has been waiting to open it. A dark, mythic novel about faith, desire, and the terrible cost of getting exactly what you asked for.
Come, he says. Let me show you what you want. Four men will face him. One will lose his name. One will lose his faith. One will lose his wife-again. And one will learn that some truths are heavier than lies.
The wanting is not a gift. The wanting is a wound.
And this island has been waiting to open it. A dark, mythic novel about faith, desire, and the terrible cost of getting exactly what you asked for.
Also from
Sharif, Kamulegeya
Terminal Communication: When Intelligence Leaves the Body: Consciousness After the Exile
Sharif, Kamulegeya
Paperback
$18.00
The Glitch: A Generative Chain: We are not starving of meaning. We are misfed.
Sharif, Kamulegeya
Paperback
$30.00
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
$10.99
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
$9.99
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
$9.99
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover
$28.80
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
$30.60
The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World
Cahn, Jonathan
Hardcover
$28.49