Compass and Blade

A highly original and beguiling YA fantasy debut, Compass and Blade is a coming-of-age romantic fantasy, filled with shipwrecks, magic and betrayal Mira is one of the seven, chosen to swim out to the wrecked ships beyond the Isle of Rosevear to plunder whatever the sea will give them. Mira's blood ignites when she is in the ocean; the song of the sea beckoning her into deeper waters. But Rosevear needs her, and she could never abandon her home. Until one evening when lightning splits the sky and the Watch descend, taking Mira's father away. With the help of handsome stranger Seth, Mira will have to travel across the Fortunate Isles in search of a way to buy her father's freedom. But to survive the journey she will need to learn who to trust - as securing her own future, and that of her island, will come at a high price.