The Kindness of Tides

Bron Halsted carves names into stone because the sea keeps stealing them from his mind. In the remote coastal village of Sarn, a mysterious salt mist rolls in each night, softening every grief and erasing every sharp memory. The villagers call it a blessing—until a historian arrives asking questions no one wants to answer, and Bron's forbidden carvings begin to reveal a buried atrocity that could shatter everything his community has built on forgetting.