Unfair Winds

When his uncle runs off to visit Alastair's grave for the first time, Tom Apollyon finds their family roles reversed: he feels obligated to watch over Paul, who never makes impulsive decisions while drunk.

The catch is The Shuck-not a peaceful cemetery near the sea, just a pub near the sea-actually contains the polite, but unpredictable, spirit of Paul's former lover.

Benson grudgingly communicates with Alastair even though David Mills is best suited to communing with the dead. Unfortunately, David is much too busy running a pub in the Apollyons'-and one devoted selkie's-absence to be a proper witch. He's only just broken a bewitchment that he didn't even know he cast, after all.

There's also the tiny matter of plotting murder under Lennie's nose, despite how David suspects they'll see killing as anything but chivalric.

But David isn't alone. Nearly everyone connected to The Shuck is keeping something to themselves; closely held truths may prevent anyone's true love from ever taking root. Between these walls, self-fulfilling prophecies seem to be most victorious. Even the restless dead can't secure what they want... fate or faith may need to intervene.

Author: Camille Duplessis
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books
Published: 01/23/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781648395482

About the Author
Duplessis, Camille: - Camille is a thalassophile who sadly spent too long residing in Chicago, where there's just a very large lake and no sea. An enquiring and possibly over-educated mind, they've been described as "the politest contrarian." Though everyone believes they're tall, they're not. Likewise, they don't always dress in all-black. (Chances are, though, that they're in black.) Their stories are often called things like quiet, evocative, or liminal; things are rather dark and generally take place by an ocean. Inspired by folklore, theatre, and romantic and literary fiction, Camille is always playing with expectations. Just a little bit! Once you explore the depths with them, you may not want to emerge.

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