"CROATOAN"

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Kit Cabot stows away on the clipper Apollyon for one reason: to save his uncle, Captain John Cabot. Ever since John carried a strange red pearl out of a sea cave, something in him isn’t right—his eyes gleam with a red-black swirl, his words hit like a physical blow, and the name he murmurs, Croatoan, makes hardened sailors go quiet. As the crew whispers mutiny and the lash sings on deck, Kit and his few allies hunt the pearl’s origins, only to learn it isn’t a jewel at all but a window—an invitation—and something on the other side has noticed them. Storms close in; the coast grows treacherous; and John’s humanity thins to a terrible calm. To save his uncle—maybe even his soul—Kit must decide how far he’ll go, and what he’ll become, in a battle where obedience means doom and defiance is the only prayer left. Croatoan is a fast-paced nautical horror about loyalty, corruption, and the price of holding onto someone who’s already slipping away. In a sea of forgettable tales, this one pulls you under — and doesn’t let you surface.