Star of the Tidal Garden

The Star of the Tidal Garden is a queer fantasy novel about love, memory, and a young man who falls from the stars.After six years away from his island home, Naucrates returns to Kelvarre to care for his dying grandmother and the mysterious tidal garden that has belonged to his family for generations. The garden is more than a collection of saltwater pools: it is an ancient pact between the sea and the sky, guarded by Naucrates's family for nine hundred years.When a strange celestial light appears in the garden's ninth pool, Naucrates discovers Sarpedon, a mysterious being who has fallen from the heavens and whose scattered light is slowly fading. With only eighty-eight days before Sarpedon's lost essence disappears forever, the two must recover the fragments of his celestial identity while uncovering the truth behind the ancient pact.As their trust deepens into love, Naucrates and Sarpedon are forced to confront the powerful House of the Nine Tides, which wants to claim the fallen star and seize control of the tidal garden. Together, they must uncover why Sarpedon came to Earth, why Naucrates's grandfather called him through the garden for decades, and what price the sea will demand when the ninth tide arrives.Blending queer romance, mythic fantasy, mystery, and atmospheric island folklore, The Star of the Tidal Garden is a story about belonging, sacrifice, memory, and the courage to choose where — and with whom — one belongs.