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Tynan Bates always believed he had the skills to protect everyone he loved. Mission after mission proved his special forces unit was invincible. Until it wasn’t, and he lost his friend and mentor. Years later, haunted by guilt, Tynan has no desire for anything more in life than to atone for his failure. He thought atonement came in the form of Vigilante business—righting wrongs left unpunished by the law. As it turns out, it showed up in the form of his mentor’s daughter at his front door. Along with her parole officer.

On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes. Eight years ago, it should have taken Lotta. Instead, the monster spared her and claimed her pony, shattering tradition and anointing her both folk hero and object of suspicion. Now 16, Lotta tends the Council's sacrificial horses, keeping her distance from the islanders who whisper about her fate.