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Book 1 Blurb

At only nineteen, Marina Oliver has lost everything. After an accident took her parents’ lives and left her drowning in grief, she finds fleeting comfort in her recurring dreams of ocean waves. But when the waves come for her while she’s awake, Marina falls through the cracks of her world and into Elsudra, a realm torn apart by war and ruled by a dictator who seeks to control the source of its magic. Elsudrans call it the Omnia, and it has latched onto her.

 

Forced underground and harboring a power she neither wants nor understands, Marina fights against her fate, despite being told she should’ve chosen it herself. When she begins showing inclinations toward the Omnia’s power, however, she can’t help but wonder why someone like her – plagued by mental storms and guilt – would’ve been tasked with such an extreme burden. The more she fights for home, the more intense her dreams grow, and with them, looming threats that force her to confront the darkness both around and within her.

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*Genres: Upper-YA/Adult (17+), portal fantasy, sci-fi

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Book 2 Blurb

Time is ticking. ---- At only nineteen, Marina Oliver has lost everything. After an accident took her parents’ lives and left her drowning in grief, she finds fleeting comfort in her recurring dreams of ocean waves. But when the waves come for her while she’s awake, Marina falls through the cracks of her world and into Elsudra, a realm torn apart by war and ruled by a dictator who seeks to control the source of its magic. Elsudrans call it the Omnia, and it has latched onto her.

 

Forced underground and harboring a power she neither wants nor understands, Marina fights against her fate, despite being told she should’ve chosen it herself. When she begins showing inclinations toward the Omnia’s power, however, she can’t help but wonder why someone like her – plagued by mental storms and guilt – would’ve been tasked with such an extreme burden. The more she fights for home, the more intense her dreams g.

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*Genres: Upper-YA/Adult (17+), portal fantasy, sci-fi

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Check out the playlist that inspired the Of the Sun and Sea duology, or keep reading to discover more about the songs!

  • La petite fille de la mer (Vangelis): A mystical, melancholic theme song. *Book 1.

  • Caves (CLANN): Entering the darkness beyond. *Chapter 47, Book 1

  • Galaxies - Between Worlds (Anna Phoebe): The ambience of Exorsus. *Chapter 48, Book 1

  • Her & the Sea (CLANN): Marina's ultimate choice. *Chapter 48, Book 1

  • Goodbye (Ramsey): Marina's acceptance and the path ahead. *Chapter 52, Book 1

  • Petrichor (J.T. Peterson): A nostalgic, hopeful theme song. *Book 2

  • Corals Under the Sun (Yehezkel Raz, Sivan Talmor): Leaving the dead, finding the living. *Chapter 3, Book 1

  • Don't Go (Christopher Dennis Coleman): "...they'd never stop begging." *Chapter __, Book 2

  • The Return (CLANN): "She breathed." *Chapter __, Book 2

  • Landslide (Fleetwood Mac): A song Marina shares with her family. "Home looked back at her." *Chapter __, Book 2

  • Stronger Than Me (Sarah Cothran): Marina's song. Finding the strength to carry on, one breath at a time.

  • The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie): Aeric's song. Enigmatic, disillusioned, and regretful.

  • Dear Dictator (Saint Motel): Kieron's song. Authoritarianism and narcissism go hand in hand.

  • Dancing After Death (Matt Maeson): Pierce's song. Reconciling with past choices and lost love.

  • Meet Me in the Woods (Lord Huron): Ryder's song. Emerging from the darkness, trying to move forward.

  • This Could Be A Dream (AURORA): Yolie's song. A starry-eyed wish for safety, family, and freedom.

  • Gilded Lily (Cults): Ismene's song. Sincerity and loyalty at odds with a cruel game.

  • Everybody Dies (Billie Eilish): Cal's song. A stoic acceptance of the inevitable.

  • Knights of Cydonia (Muse): Florin's song. A battle cry for a better world; fighting on the right side of history.

  • Change (Lana Del Rey): Neva's song. Lamenting safety, embracing change.

  • Avenue of Hope (I Am Kloot): Lars's song. A philosophical view on complacency.

  • The Garden (Flower Face): Altha's song. Hope for a healed world.

  • Worst In Me (Unlike Pluto): Ocot's song. Recklessness and revenge.

  • The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen): Vaughn's song. A bringer of twisted ends willingly accepts his own.

  • Thanatos (Soap&Skin): Safira's song. An impending sense of oblivion.

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