NARROWPOINT · BOOK 1 · PRE-ORDER · RELEASES OCTOBER 23, 2026
Every twenty-five years, the cliff takes someone. This year, it gives someone back.
Twenty-five years after her mother’s best friend vanished near Narrowpoint’s cliffs, seventeen-year-old June Mercer watches her younger brother disappear at the same stretch of coast—and the missing girl walks out of the sea, still seventeen and certain only hours have passed.
With a rescue clock already running, June has to separate local folklore from evidence, understand what happened in 2001, and help the people searching for her brother before the coast closes whatever path took him.
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What to expect
- A far-northern California coastal mystery built around an impossible return
- A sibling-rescue story with a seven-day pressure clock
- Cold-water, cliff, cave, and search-and-rescue danger grounded in a realistic physical environment
- A seventeen-year-old protagonist who observes, investigates, and contributes without replacing competent adults
- Family history, old guilt, local folklore, and supernatural rules that have to withstand evidence
- Dread without nihilism, low gore, and a mystery designed to deliver actionable answers
Who this book is for
For teen and adult-crossover readers who want eerie coastal atmosphere, a high-concept supernatural mystery, emotionally meaningful family relationships, dangerous environments, and explanations that matter to the rescue rather than existing only as lore.
Is this a romance?
No. The Twenty-Fifth Tide is packaged and structured as supernatural mystery-horror and speculative suspense. Friendship and family relationships carry the emotional story; romance is not the Book 1 promise.
Series and ending expectations
The Twenty-Fifth Tide begins the sequential Narrowpoint trilogy. Book 1 resolves the immediate disappearance-and-rescue mystery enough for the characters to act and closes its central rescue objective, while a larger question about Narrowpoint’s recurring boundary remains for the series.
Release information
The Twenty-Fifth Tide releases October 23, 2026 and is available to pre-order on Amazon.
Frequently asked questions
Is this young adult?
Yes. June Mercer is seventeen, and the book is positioned as upper-YA with adult-crossover appeal.
Is it graphic horror?
The primary intensity comes from cold-water danger, caves, disappearances, rescue pressure, and the impossible return. Gore is not the main attraction.
Does Book 1 end on a cliffhanger?
The immediate Book 1 rescue mystery receives a substantive resolution. The trilogy continues with a larger supernatural question rather than withholding Book 1’s promised payoff.
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