Chains of the Crescent Sea, (Paperback)

<p>When merchant clerk <strong>Elias Harrow</strong> boards a routine voyage along the Cornish coast, he expects trade, not capture. But when corsairs intercept his ship, he is pulled into a vast, unseen network-one where human lives are meticulously recorded, priced, and traded through ledgers rather than chains.</p><p>In the brutal yet eerily ordered slave markets of the Mediterranean, Elias discovers a chilling truth: this is not chaos-it is commerce.</p><p>Alongside <strong>Marta</strong>, a brilliant cartographer who sees patterns where others see survival, and <strong>Father Benoît</strong>, a priest whose loyalties run deeper than faith, Elias begins to uncover the hidden architecture behind the trade: </p><ul><li>A system where <strong>names become numbers</strong></li><li>Where <strong>ransom is engineered, not negotiated</strong></li><li>Where <strong>power lies not in force-but in paperwork</strong></li></ul><p>As they descend deeper into the machinery of this shadow economy-through ledger houses, covert water gates, and international intermediaries-they uncover a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the markets themselves.</p><p>At its peak stands a powerful force: <br><strong>House Virelli</strong>-the unseen authority that doesn't capture people... but insures their fate.</p><p>Now, with a diplomatic hostage at the centre of a multi-layered power struggle, Elias and his allies must do the unthinkable: </p><p><strong>Break the system from within.</strong></p><p>But in a world ruled by ink and calculation...</p><p><strong>Even rebellion must be accounted for.</strong></p>

• Chains of the Crescent Sea, (Paperback)
• Author: Martin Swan
• ISBN: 9798233757617
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-21
• Page Count: 162