The Accord
One unbanked public fire in every coastal town. In return the Grey Tide stays outside the salt-orchards. It is a contract, which is why the clerks are worried.
The Ashen Crown · Maren Ashdown
Some fires are law.Some maps are apologies.The crown is late.
In the Hearthlands of Orvane, every coastal town keeps one public fire, and the Grey Tide is meant to stay beyond the orchards. Maris Quell measures the coast. The coast has started to answer in dust.
01 — The series
Four books. Three shards found. One spent.
The crown
The Ashen Crown was grown, not forged: ember-glass from a tree that burned without being consumed. It cracked. The shards did not all go missing the same way.
The surveyor
Maris Quell inks tide-stakes for the Hearth Registry. She was hired for a steady hand. The hand has started finding things the ledger will not stamp.
02 — The books
Paperback £9.99. Hardback £18.99.
Book one · 2019
Salt on the Hearth
A well that is not on the map breathes ash.
Paperback £9.99 Book two · 2021The Briar Census
The hedges disagree with the people in the lane.
Paperback £9.99 Book three · 2024Lanterns for the Unburied
A name, cupped in glass, opens a dry door.
Paperback £9.99 Book four · 2027The Unspent Crown
The fourth shard was spent, not lost.
Hardback £18.9903 — Where to begin
Not sure which book?
Four questions. The honest answer is usually book one. The quiz will say so, and it will also tell you if you only wanted the short story.
Don’t lick it. Last boy who licked the warm dust started forgetting the names of his boats.
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Paperback conversation: Lanterns for the Unburied
Bath · 14 November 2026
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