Spindrift Tear

Captain Chickbeard's daring dungeon escape doesn't go quite as planned. Now he and the crew of the Golden Yolk are on the run from the King's Guard with nothing but a battered ship, an empty treasury, and the ghost of a legendary pirate offering them the deal of a lifetime.Pecky Longbeak died guarding a secret. She shattered her treasure map into three pieces and scattered them across the most dangerous waters in the known world: an island ruled by warrior squirrels, a cove haunted by a feathered kraken, and the sunken lair of an ancient sea king. The treasure at the end isn't gold, it's a relic of the old storm-god with the power to heal dying oceans or, in the wrong hands, to control them.The King wants it. His warships are already hunting. And a shadowy bog witch whispers in his ear, steering events toward ends only she understands.But Chickbeard has something the King doesn't: a crew too stubborn to quit, a quartermaster who plans for everything, a demolitions expert who plans for nothing, a chef who treats every meal like his masterpiece, and a stowaway. A chick called Nugget who smuggled herself aboard in a barrel of flour and whose voice carries a power older than any pirate legend. The Glowing Tide is rising. Waters burn blue under the spring moon, and for three fleeting nights the boundary between the mortal world and something far stranger grows thin. The crew has six weeks to reassemble the map, face three trials, and reach the treasure before the King's hunters close in. Six weeks to discover that the greatest treasure isn't what you find. It's who you become while searching for it.Perfect for fans of Redwall and Wings of Fire, The Spindrift Tearis a middle-grade fantasy adventure about found family, impossible odds, and the stubborn courage of a crew of chickens who refuse to let the ocean die on their watch.