Into the Burning Deep A Novel

<p><i><b>Hadestown</b></i><b> meets </b><i><b>Titanic</b></i><b> in this lush sapphic retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set on a boat quarantined at sea until an infection of magic can run its course.</b></p><p><i>This is the story of a girl who lived in another world on the other side of an infinite sea...</i></p><p>Adrian Nix has lived her entire life at sea. A refugee of a war that claimed her homeland and infected her people with dark magic, Adrian now works as an oil-splattered mechanic aboard <i>The Lyre</i>. She dreams of the day she can finally set foot on dry land-a day that inches closer as the ship's years-long anti-magic quarantine finally comes to an end.</p><p>But everything changes when Adrian meets Ophelia Jones. The captain's sister and a notorious party girl betrothed to a wealthy governor, Ophelia is everything Adrian isn't. As the unlikely duo grows closer, Adrian and Ophelia discover a deep, forbidden connection that feels bigger than the confines of <i>The Lyre</i>. Adrian feels like she can tell Ophelia anything, including the terrifying dreams she's been having, and the sinister voices that seem to haunt every corner of the ship.</p><p>When Ophelia falls victim to a dark curse, lured across the waves by a ghostly ship in the night, Adrian will do anything to get her back-even if it means crossing a dark, enchanted sea. But Adrian may not be enough to save Ophelia from the secrets awaiting them across the burning deep...</p>