The Cartographer Of Broken Tides

When Veylan's harbor turns against itself, disgraced navigator Rayford Aquirre discovers a hidden mechanism bearing the mark of his father, who vanished twelve years earlier aboard the doomed survey vessel Black Meridian. The device leads Rayford and salvage engineer Neris Vale across the Pelagic Reach in search of the Common Atlas, a forbidden navigation system scattered among nine island communities.
But the Atlas is not merely a map. It is a living network of local knowledge designed so that no ruler, military, or merchant can ever control it alone. As an immense storm gathers and the powerful Meridian Authority quietly abandons three harbors to save the rest, Rayford must confront the truth about his father, the institution hunting them, and his own belief that protecting others gives him the right to choose for them.
To save thousands of lives, he will have to surrender the one thing he has always trusted most: his own command. The Cartographer of Broken Tides is a sweeping maritime adventure about love, responsibility, shared knowledge, and the dangerous difference between saving people and possessing their choices.