By The Book

Happy Friday! Today I am sharing the fantasy novel by Sophia L. Hansen, Water’s Break. Isn’t the cover stunning?! I will be sharing my thoughts on the book in the coming weeks. Find out all about Sophia and her book below.

In the meantime, here’s the first line:

Nica shrank into the kelp forest, thankful for the camouflage its dappled greens provided.

What if fear itself is the deadliest undercurrent of all? 

Nica would do anything to avoid the hassles of her sister’s bonding ceremony—the wrap fittings, hairstyles, and braided fire coral—but she never imagined that the waters covering her planet would be broken. As the heavens rained fire and stone, mountains erupted from the sea and dry ground was birthed on the Deep, dividing the water—and the Olomi people—for the first time in their history.

In the wake of her world’s violent re-formation, Nica’s family is shattered. When the rookie Guardian leaves the safety of the Deep to find her sister, she is abducted by strange landwalkers who possess strength and technology beyond her imagination. Nica realizes that the disaster from above was by their design—a calculated plan to terraform the water planet and conquer her people. All Nica wants to do is find her sister and swim home to safety, but with the landwalkers closing in, escape may not be possible. And if Nica can’t save herself, how can she hope to save her sister—or her people?

Sophia Hansen writes organically, using no hormones, antibiotics, or pesticides on her words unless absolutely convenient. Having lived on a tiny island in Alaska and the bustling cities of New York and Boston, Sophia loves being settled in the southeast where she writes and edits in other worlds. Sophia loves plenty of coffee, crispy bacon, and—after 30+ years of marriage, seven children, and numerous pets—that she can still fit into her high school earrings.

Tags: fantasy fiction, Sophia L. Hansen, speculative fiction