Hail the Rising Tides
Hail the Rising Tides is a queer adult fantasy featuring both sapphic and achillean couples, set for publication on the 7th of April 2026. Check out the official blurb (until I change it) and a lil profile for each of the POV characters below! Be sure to love and pay attention to them, for I have given them each a wide variety of issues.
Official Blurb
Prim and prideful Ione possesses the Moon Goddess’s spirit and a harrowing fate: overpower the wrathful Sun God and sweep His murderous pyromancers into the sea. But attaining divine ascension is easier said than done, and the longer Ione takes to save her people, the more impatient her conniving archpriest becomes.
Quiet, distrusting Lina has had more than enough of bloodshed. After escaping immolation by Sun-worshipers, she gains a new lease on life as a nameless acolyte of the Moon Goddess. That is until she catches the eye of Lady Ione, whose captivation with Lina has caused the Goddess to stir within her for the first time.
As temples burn and Ione’s archpriest launches treacherous gambits of his own, Ione and Lina’s alliance deepens into something neither of them anticipated. If Ione’s enemies reach her before she can awaken the Moon Goddess, everyone she loves will go up in flames.
But if she succeeds, the Sun cult will be annihilated - including Lina, whose past as a Sun priestess cannot remain hidden forever.
Ione Artem - Goddess Incarnate
The only daughter of House Artem, the granddaughter of the Great Sage Llyr, and the mortal unlucky enough to have been chosen by the Moon Goddess Menon to house Her divine powers. Ione is prim, prideful and very serious about her destiny as Menon Incarnate. The only problem is she has no idea how to unlock Menon’s powers – until she meets Lina, a mundane priestess who effortlessly (and unintentionally) turns Ione’s life upside-down.
Lina Almenara - Secretly a Pyromandcer
Lina is one pyromancer hiding within a sea of Menon-worshipers, smiling faces who would kill her without a second thought if they knew who exactly she was. Desperation drove Lina to masquerade as a mundane moon priestess in order to hide from her brother Castor, a man willing to immolate his own sister if it meant pleasing the Sun God’s priests. She is safe here, nameless, nobody – until she catches the eye of Lady Ione.
Kai Mahina - Warden of Oseidos
As part of a naval family infamous for its brutality, Kai is expected to be a cold, merciless hydromancer – and he is, totally. He just specialises in wards instead of physical spells, would rather drink than become another mindless mercenary, and would happily sell his brothers out for half a cigarette. Kai has his own plans for glory, starting with becoming Archpriest Saros’s new dog and earning himself a very nice title: Master of Wards.
River Fontaine - Seleneschal Guard
Straight-laced and serious River is proud to be Menon Incarnate’s bodyguard. His physical skills and swordsmanship make up for his magical inability, and Ione has never made him feel less than. His loyalty to Ione and Archpriest Saros knows no bounds (which can get dicey, considering their hatred for one another), and he will do anything to protect them – especially from slimy spellcasters like Kai Mahina.