Fifteen thousand years of failed endings. One woman’s journal knows them all.
"If you have this book and can read it, you are almost certainly Evelyn. Ask the question anyway: Am I Evelyn? Get into the habit of verifying what you are told. It matters. [2.1]"
The characters have never seen it. You have.
Eighteen-year-old Zaphiel is sent to deliver a sealed scroll to Wellvale's Water Master. He finds the man murdered, the town's ancient well stone stolen, and a red-black fog killing crops and anyone caught inside it.
He can go home and admit he failed. Or go after the thieves.
He goes.
The fog nearly kills him, but a dog, no ordinary dog, leads him out alive and takes up the thieves' trail. Zaphiel follows.
Strays join them on the road:
- a guarded young woman who reads ancient runes and shares less than she knows
- a “master swordsman” whose hat betrays his every bluff
- a mute girl whose trances reach beyond the mortal world
- a Liminal, whose power obeys strange and costly rules
Chance throws them together. They choose to stay.
Because the stone is Tidestep, one of five Anchor Stones that hold the world of Arthios in balance. And the ones who took it believe mortals ruin every world they're given.
The journal says they might be right.
And its writer has spent ages planning for what comes next.
Tidestep is book 1 of The Saga of Arthios, an epic fantasy for readers who love found families, animal companions with secrets, dual narratives, and stories that reward close attention.
