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MONSTROUS HEART
Book One of the Deepwater Trilogy
MONSTROUS HEART is the first in a wonderfully immersive and binge-able gothic ocean-based fantasy trilogy tailor-made for fans of V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo. and Holly Black. Claire McKenna's debut weaves a magical tale of intrigue on dangerous waters with an epic love story for the ages'.
Arden Beacon is a lighthouse keeper with an unusual task: she must ensure the lighthouse of Vigil is kept burning by using the magic in her own blood. It is her ancestors' profession, and a deep source of pride within her age-old family.
But the coastline Arden must keep alight battered by a sea teeming with colossal, ancient beasts is a far cry from the now-distant cultured, urban world from whence she came. It is a place of secrets, rumors and tight-lipped expectations of a woman's place. The town folk whisper, and more than anyone those whispers are about Arden's neighbor, Jonah Riven, the hunter of leviathans. They say he murdered his wife a perfect, golden girl of a woman. A girl very different from Arden Beacon.
They say he is as much a monster as his prey, and yet, in her loneliness and the isolation of the swirling waters, Arden cannot get the dark, intriguing stranger out of her head.
Astonishingly original, with world-building to rival the depths of the ocean, McKenna has drawn a rich tale of longing and courage penning the perfect oceanic fantasy. A romantic tale that reads like Bronte meets Lovecraft.
Claire McKenna is a speculative fiction writer from Melbourne, Australia. Claire grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and came to Australia when she was young. Her stories decided to come with her. A longtime writer of short fiction with a background in environmental sciences, Monstrous Heart is Claire's debut novel.
Arden Beacon is a lighthouse keeper with an unusual task: she must ensure the lighthouse of Vigil is kept burning by using the magic in her own blood. It is her ancestors' profession, and a deep source of pride within her age-old family.
But the coastline Arden must keep alight battered by a sea teeming with colossal, ancient beasts is a far cry from the now-distant cultured, urban world from whence she came. It is a place of secrets, rumors and tight-lipped expectations of a woman's place. The town folk whisper, and more than anyone those whispers are about Arden's neighbor, Jonah Riven, the hunter of leviathans. They say he murdered his wife a perfect, golden girl of a woman. A girl very different from Arden Beacon.
They say he is as much a monster as his prey, and yet, in her loneliness and the isolation of the swirling waters, Arden cannot get the dark, intriguing stranger out of her head.
Astonishingly original, with world-building to rival the depths of the ocean, McKenna has drawn a rich tale of longing and courage penning the perfect oceanic fantasy. A romantic tale that reads like Bronte meets Lovecraft.
Claire McKenna is a speculative fiction writer from Melbourne, Australia. Claire grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and came to Australia when she was young. Her stories decided to come with her. A longtime writer of short fiction with a background in environmental sciences, Monstrous Heart is Claire's debut novel.
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Published 2020-04-01 by Voyager |