Black the Tides

Something deadly lurks below the surface . . . The dead haunt my dreams. Though I'm still recovering from battling the Mara, I can't deny their summons—nor do I want to. I've proved to myself and everyone else that I can fight the monsters and win. Now I can't wait to destroy them once and for all. But in my hurry to take revenge against our oppressors and cement my hard-won position as hero of the city, I must have dived back in too soon . . . because the magic I've only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight. And if that's not bad enough, it doesn't seem to be coming back. Ash straight-up kidnaps me to keep me from trying to fight again. He claims the dreamwalkers of Nine Peaks will be able to help me. Too bad the homeland I no longer remember can only be reached by a journey of days, maybe even weeks, across monster-infested wilderness. If I can't restore my connection to the dreamscape before...