The Covenant Keeper Saga — Vol. 3

The Drowned Crown

By David G. Stone

Quick Summary

The throne sits empty beneath the waves. The crown is shattered. And only blood will make it whole.

The throne sits empty beneath the waves. The crown is shattered. And only blood will make it whole.

When the Mer-Queen dies without naming an heir, marine archaeologist-turned-supernatural enforcer Dr. Marina Thorne thinks the power struggle will be brief. She's wrong.

The legendary Drowned Crown — the only artifact that can legitimize a ruler — has shattered into three fragments, each bonding with a different bearer. One piece chooses Marina herself, granting her visions of the past and powers she never wanted. But power always comes with a price.

Prince Nereus, once Marina's ally, will stop at nothing to claim all three fragments — even if it means tearing the ocean apart. His descent into darkness threatens not just the mer-folk, but the fragile Covenant between land and sea.

Selene Darkwater, an exiled princess with her own fragment, returns with an army and a devastating secret: she's half-human, and her bloodline is entwined with Marina's in ways neither could have imagined.

As rival claimants wage war in the depths, Marina discovers a terrifying truth buried in ancient prophecy: Three shall bear, one shall wear, none shall rule until the seas run clear. Caught between Nereus's obsessive hunt, Selene's desperate gambit, and her own sister's betrayal, Marina must decide: Will she fight for the Crown, or destroy it before it drowns them all?