A siren revives the drowned captain she killed for one hour at a time, and every borrowed heartbeat returns a memory condemning them both.

Mortuary engineer Priya Rao survives an impossible death and discovers reaper Ruhan has erased seven of her previous lives from the Living Ledger.

Salvage captain Sela Ardent enters Marakai’s whale-glass palace and hears her dead mother’s heartbeat powering the drowned kingdom.

Salvage diver Imani Baptiste fakes an engagement to the Salt King—then learns their vow demands he drown her before the next dawn.

Weather hacker Mara Vance crashes a fae auction to reclaim her valley’s stolen tomorrow—and discovers Thorn Prince Rowan has wagered her true name.

Translator Samira Qadir must bind herself to two rival fae princes to rewrite the living treaty devouring her city—then survive the truth inked on their backs.