The Rising Books

The waters have risen, leaving cities drowned and a future changed beyond recognition. And into that future, something new has been born--or perhaps something impossibly old has been released. She does not know how she came to be, only that the oceans are her favored home...until a man from the world above nearly dies in her domain, and she is drawn toward the soft and easy life he seems to possess. But there is a price to pay for love, and in the end... ...you will never be part of her world...

Not so very long ago came the Rising, and the death of the world as it was. There are old tales to be remade in this new future, and echoes of the past that resonate through time. Rich men survive in every era, and the wealthy baron they call Bluebeard is no different. He offers wealth and comfort and education to the youngest sister of a large family...but what price the keys to a kingdom?

The waters are rising. The world as it was is dying. And as it dies, something new—or something very old indeed—is born again. In time, those changes will become obvious...but here, in the beginning, when a young woman finds a pair of shoes her grandmother had thrown away, the old world begins to slip away around the edges, drawing her into a bloody retelling of The Red Shoes ...