About this book:

In *Echoes of the Crimson Tide*, Detective Amelia Brookes is pulled back to her ancestral home, Blackwood Manor, by the unsettling discovery of a perfectly preserved 18th-century body in its wine cellar. What begins as a historical mystery quickly spirals into a deeply personal quest as Amelia unearths a centuries-old conspiracy involving a powerful secret society, the "Keepers of the Tide," and their ruthless grip on coastal commerce. Guided by cryptic clues and a prophetic message addressed to her by name, Amelia delves into her family's dark past, uncovering a story of betrayal, murder, and a hidden bloodline marked by a distinct "Serpent’s mark."

As Amelia pieces together the truth, she discovers that the murdered man, Silas Blackwood, was not merely a rival but a dissenting member of the Keepers, executed by his own brethren, including Amelia’s direct ancestor. The conspiracy deepens with the revelation of Silas’s fiancée, Eleanor Vance, also murdered by her own Keeper father, leaving behind a hidden child—a child whose lineage, bearing the Serpent’s mark, leads directly to Amelia herself. Armed with Silas's ingenious cipher and the chilling "Bone Ledger" detailing the Keepers' eugenicist ideology and their modern global network, Amelia confronts the present-day Masked Faces of the Keepers. Her daring infiltration of their "Silent Archives" and a climactic showdown at an ancient lighthouse shatter their centuries-long reign of secrecy, ensuring that the "Red Waters Rising" finally bring justice to the forgotten.