The Silt-Diver's Toll

In the canal-choked merchant city of Vízvárad, blood is thicker than water—but toxic silt pays the bills. Tivian Lánczy is the family fixer for a struggling salvage and dredging crew. When the Lánczys' main submersible diving bell breaks down, they face imminent ruin at the hands of the wealthy dredging cartels. Salvation appears in the form of Zsuzsóka Várady, a high-born merchant offering an exorbitant payday to salvage a supposedly simple lockbox from the perilous deep-water district. But the cargo isn't what she claims, the volatile underwater currents aren't the only things trying to crush them, and a violent rival crew is already hunting for the prize. To save his family’s livelihood, Tivian must navigate cutthroat guild enforcers, treacherous tides, and the deadly, hidden agenda of his own benefactor.