Glass Shores

Once a year, the tide of magic washes over the island of Oleria, rewriting the coastline and shifting the earth itself. Every survival depends on one resource: Emberglass, the only material capable of stabilizing the shifting ground long enough to build a home, plant a field, or draw a breath free from the churning chaos.

Vane doesn't mine Emberglass. He protects those who trade it. As a bodyguard to an ambitious but naive glass-merchant, Vane knows the rules of the island: stay alert, expect betrayal, and never trust a guild that claims to have your best interests at heart. The Cinder Cartel controls the glass, and through it, the safety of every city on the island.

But when a routine protection job turns deadly, Vane and his charge uncover a fracture in the Cartel’s absolute control—a hidden, unmapped vein of Emberglass that hasn't been claimed. Now, hunted by Cartel enforcers and the island's own chaotic storms, Vane must navigate shifting alliances and treacherous terrain, using his sharp mind and sharper blades to keep his charge alive and secure a future before the next tide washes them all away.