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Seaborn Trilogy #1-3
The Complete Seaborn
The Complete Seaborn is the omnibus edition of the three books in the Seaborn Trilogy, along with all new transitional material, new stories, family trees, and a complete characters list for all the books.
Saltwater Witch
Kassandra comes from the sea, but she has no memory of saltwater, seagulls, or an incoming tide. She's never seen an ocean, never heard the thunder of surf. She's an exile, betrayed by her own family, sent as far from the sea as they could arrange--somewhere in the middle of Nebraska.
Everything changes the day she drowns in Red Bear Lake, and discovers she can't really drown. Not in the way everyone else can. Then a two-thousand year old king wakes inside her head and turns out to be a prodigy with mathematics. Kassandra cries for the first time in her life, and learns that her tears are doorways for calling things from the sea. With clues from summoned sea-demons and the voices in her head, Kassandra sets out to find out what the hell is going on...and discovers she's a prisoner, trapped between a murderous grandfather who controls an army of the drowned dead, river witches who spy on her through the plumbing, and Ms. Matrothy, the Girl's Department Director, who's been trying to kill her since she was four.
Seaborn
Corina Lairsey has just clawed her way free from one controlling relationship when she finds herself in another-only this guy, Aleximor, has really gotten under her skin. Literally. A 400-year-old sorcerer who gathers the drowned dead off the ocean's floor for the King of the Seaborn, he's inside her head and is wearing her body like a wetsuit. Corina desperately schemes to regain control of her self, fighting against time as Aleximor trades pieces of her life away in exchange for power over the path between the worlds of the living and the dead . . . Kassandra is the King of the Seaborn's granddaughter. She comes from the sea, but has spent her whole life in exile on the surface, struggling to control frightening powers she barely understands. She declares war on her murderous grandfather and manipulates her family, friends, oceanic royalty, and the US Navy to aid her- but Aleximor intends to use Kass to carry out his revenge against the entire Seaborn royal line. And she's also fallen in love-one more struggle for an already troubled soul.
Sea Throne
Kassandra prepares for war against her grandfather, and is confronted on all sides. Nikasia, the daughter of the king's war-bard--who claims descent from Circe--seeks revenge for the murder of her father. A group of immortals bands together to take everything away, and Kassandra must take them on while holding her family together.
Saltwater Witch
Kassandra comes from the sea, but she has no memory of saltwater, seagulls, or an incoming tide. She's never seen an ocean, never heard the thunder of surf. She's an exile, betrayed by her own family, sent as far from the sea as they could arrange--somewhere in the middle of Nebraska.
Everything changes the day she drowns in Red Bear Lake, and discovers she can't really drown. Not in the way everyone else can. Then a two-thousand year old king wakes inside her head and turns out to be a prodigy with mathematics. Kassandra cries for the first time in her life, and learns that her tears are doorways for calling things from the sea. With clues from summoned sea-demons and the voices in her head, Kassandra sets out to find out what the hell is going on...and discovers she's a prisoner, trapped between a murderous grandfather who controls an army of the drowned dead, river witches who spy on her through the plumbing, and Ms. Matrothy, the Girl's Department Director, who's been trying to kill her since she was four.
Seaborn
Corina Lairsey has just clawed her way free from one controlling relationship when she finds herself in another-only this guy, Aleximor, has really gotten under her skin. Literally. A 400-year-old sorcerer who gathers the drowned dead off the ocean's floor for the King of the Seaborn, he's inside her head and is wearing her body like a wetsuit. Corina desperately schemes to regain control of her self, fighting against time as Aleximor trades pieces of her life away in exchange for power over the path between the worlds of the living and the dead . . . Kassandra is the King of the Seaborn's granddaughter. She comes from the sea, but has spent her whole life in exile on the surface, struggling to control frightening powers she barely understands. She declares war on her murderous grandfather and manipulates her family, friends, oceanic royalty, and the US Navy to aid her- but Aleximor intends to use Kass to carry out his revenge against the entire Seaborn royal line. And she's also fallen in love-one more struggle for an already troubled soul.
Sea Throne
Kassandra prepares for war against her grandfather, and is confronted on all sides. Nikasia, the daughter of the king's war-bard--who claims descent from Circe--seeks revenge for the murder of her father. A group of immortals bands together to take everything away, and Kassandra must take them on while holding her family together.
712 pages, Nook
First published May 4, 2011
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About the author
Chris Howard
83 books129 followersChris Howard is just a creative human with a pen and a paint brush, author of Seaborn (Juno Books, 2008), Salvage (Prime Books, 2013), Saltwater Witch (Lykeion, 2005), and a shelf-full of other books. My short stories and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including “Lost Dogs and Fireplace Archeology” in Fantasy Magazine and “How to Build Worlds Without Becoming the Minister for Tourism” in Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Penguin, 2014). My story “The Mermaid Game” appeared in the Paula Guran edited anthology Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (Prime, 2015), and “Hammers and Snails” was the Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Fiction Contest winner. I wrote and illustrated the comics Saltwater Witch and Salvage. My art has appeared on dozens of book covers, art cards, interior illustrations for publishers, authors, and Kickstarter projects. You can also find my art in Shimmer, BuzzyMag, various tabletop RPGs, and on the pages of books, blogs, and other interesting places.
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June 9, 2012
I really loved these books and hope the writer does more in this world he's created. I originally got the books from the free Kindle Lending Library, but liked them so much that I ended up buying them. Who knows? They may not have been there when I go back for a re-read.
At times the story seemed to jump around a bit, but I had to do a fair bit of 'reading' via Text-to-Speech (NOT audiobook) in my car so I I could follow that way, I would imagine that a traditional read wouldn't be bothered by it.
I loved the undersea world and the Seaborn'--as the writer terms mermaids. I enjoyed it so much that I went to go find other mermaid stories and came up a cropper on i-hate-the-water, killer-mermaid, badly-done-mermaid-society and other horribly written indie mermaid books. One writer actually had mermaids that needed lights to see underwater?! How the HELL does a species develop in an environment where they can't even see? Needless to say that was a DNF that I didn't even bother to post in case someone thought the synopsis was good. ANyway, that was just a long paragraph requesting a good mermaid read--I prefer fantasy (non PNR), but will do a good PNR UF if it meters to fantasy over the romance.
I am really hoping Mr. Howard does more in this world, but judging by his site, is moving onto bigger and better. Despite that, I'll be keeping an eye out for more books by him.
At times the story seemed to jump around a bit, but I had to do a fair bit of 'reading' via Text-to-Speech (NOT audiobook) in my car so I I could follow that way, I would imagine that a traditional read wouldn't be bothered by it.
I loved the undersea world and the Seaborn'--as the writer terms mermaids. I enjoyed it so much that I went to go find other mermaid stories and came up a cropper on i-hate-the-water, killer-mermaid, badly-done-mermaid-society and other horribly written indie mermaid books. One writer actually had mermaids that needed lights to see underwater?! How the HELL does a species develop in an environment where they can't even see? Needless to say that was a DNF that I didn't even bother to post in case someone thought the synopsis was good. ANyway, that was just a long paragraph requesting a good mermaid read--I prefer fantasy (non PNR), but will do a good PNR UF if it meters to fantasy over the romance.
I am really hoping Mr. Howard does more in this world, but judging by his site, is moving onto bigger and better. Despite that, I'll be keeping an eye out for more books by him.
August 20, 2012
This book was a present from the author.
The Complete Seaborn. What can I say? I love the trilogy, love the setting and the world the author built around them. Their legends, their customs, the way they regards things in the world underwater and above, it all fascinates me.
After reading it and re-reading it in order to be able to roleplay it with some friends I keep finding things that I want to know more about. There is nothing amiss, nothing out of place, it all comes together without seams as a whole.
It is most of all an epic story, with a strong, full fleshed out heroine that has flaws, makes sacrifices and fights for what she believes is right and to right the wrongs done to her and her people. The secondary characters are well developed also and most are worthy of their own tale!
I recommend it to all the fantasy lovers that like to be immersed in a new world, that appreciate the backbone of a truly grand story arc were the legends of the creation of a civilization play a great part in the realization of its present and future.
The Complete Seaborn. What can I say? I love the trilogy, love the setting and the world the author built around them. Their legends, their customs, the way they regards things in the world underwater and above, it all fascinates me.
After reading it and re-reading it in order to be able to roleplay it with some friends I keep finding things that I want to know more about. There is nothing amiss, nothing out of place, it all comes together without seams as a whole.
It is most of all an epic story, with a strong, full fleshed out heroine that has flaws, makes sacrifices and fights for what she believes is right and to right the wrongs done to her and her people. The secondary characters are well developed also and most are worthy of their own tale!
I recommend it to all the fantasy lovers that like to be immersed in a new world, that appreciate the backbone of a truly grand story arc were the legends of the creation of a civilization play a great part in the realization of its present and future.
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