{"product_id":"the-forever-sea-9780756417437","title":"The Forever Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, the first book in a new environmental epic fantasy series set in a world where ships kept afloat by magic sail an endless grass sea.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the never-ending, miles-high expanse of prairie grasses known as the Forever Sea, Kindred Greyreach, hearthfire keeper and sailor aboard harvesting vessel \u003ci\u003eThe Errant\u003c\/i\u003e, is just beginning to fit in with the crew of her new ship when she receives devastating news. Her grandmother--The Marchess, legendary captain and hearthfire keeper--has stepped from her vessel and disappeared into the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the note she leaves Kindred suggests this was not an act of suicide. Something waits in the depths, and the Marchess has set out to find it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo follow in her grandmother's footsteps, Kindred must embroil herself in conflicts bigger than she could imagine: a water war simmering below the surface of two cultures; the politics of a mythic pirate city floating beyond the edges of safe seas; battles against beasts of the deep, driven to the brink of madness; and the elusive promise of a world below the waves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKindred finds that she will sacrifice almost everything--ship, crew, and a life sailing in the sun--to discover the truth of the darkness that waits below the Forever Sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Phillip Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e lives in a little green house on what used to be the prairie with his partner and their child. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSyntax \u0026amp; Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Future Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMetaphorosis Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He teaches at a small liberal arts university. \u003ci\u003eThe Forever Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daw Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381149798674,"sku":"9780756417437","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91fbc2e3-88ab-4be7-8fe2-56655b7a89f9.jpg?v=1728694670","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-forever-sea-9780756417437","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}