Blood & Salt

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Born the daughter of a nobleman and a runaway servant, Seraphine Vane was never meant to inherit anything—except the sting of shame. When her mother was executed for theft and her father denied her existence, Seraphine swore vengeance on the world that scorned her. She disappeared at sea during a storm when she was 14… and the world thought her dead. The Rise: Rescued by a mysterious crew of outcast women aboard The Vesper's Wrath, Seraphine learned to sail, fight, and command. She eventually challenged the ship’s captain in a duel under a blood moon—and won. By 22, she became Captain Seraphine Vane, known across the Caribbean as “The Crimson Tide” for the red streak in her hair and the wake of fire she left behind.