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I’m very pleased to welcome the Escapist Book Tour’s Cover Reveal for N. C. Scrimgeour’s Sea of Souls to The Irresponsible Reader this morning! Before we get to revealing the cover, let’s learn a little bit about the book and author, shall we? It’ll just take a moment, and then we can all feast on the cover.

Book Details:

Book Title: Sea of Souls by N. C. Scrimgeour
Series: Sea of Souls Saga
Genre: Dark/Folklore Fantasy
Intended Age Group: Adult
Length: TBC/approx. 125k words
Release date: August 4, 2023
Publisher: Alcruix Press (Self Published)

About the Book

Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within…

Free-spirited Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging on the waves.

But when tragedy calls Isla home, she realizes she can no longer escape the duty she’s been running from. Selkie raiders have been terrorizing the island’s coasts, and when they strike at Blackwood Estate, Isla is forced to flee with her hot-headed brother and brooding swordmaster.

To avenge her family and reclaim her home, Isla will have to set aside old grudges and join forces with an exiled selkie searching for a lost pelt. The heirloom might be the key to stopping the bloody conflict—but only if they can steal it from the island’s most notorious selkie hunter, the Grand Admiral himself.

Caught between a promise to the brother she once left behind and an unlikely friendship with the selkie who should have been her enemy, Isla soon realizes the open seas aren’t the only treacherous waters she’ll need to navigate.

As enemies close in on all sides, she must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie if she wants to save what’s left of her family—and find the belonging she’s been searching for.

Content/Trigger Warnings:

  • Alcohol/alcoholism

  • Amputation

  • Animal
    death (fictional/in-world creatures)

  • Assault

  • Attempted
    murder

  • Blood

  • Bodies/corpses

  • Body horror

  • Bones

  • Child death
    (off-page, mentioned only)

  • Classism

  • Death

  • Decapitation

  • Emotional
    abuse

  • Forced
    captivity

  • Gore

  • Gun
    violence

  • Hallucinations

  • Hunting

  • Injury

  • Murder

  • Physical
    abuse

  • Poisoning

  • Pregnancy

  • Prejudice
    (fictional/in-world)

  • Profanity

  • Self-harm
    (ritualistic)

  • Skeletons/skulls

  • Violence

See Also:

A Compass that Doesn’t Point North • Under the Sea •
How Dangerous Can a Seal Really Be, Anyway?

Book Links

Universal Amazon Link

About the Author

N.C. ScrimgeourN. C. Scrimgeour is a science fiction and fantasy author whose books focus on character-driven stories in vibrant worlds, from folklore fantasy to space opera.

After completing her Masters in English Literature, she went on to work in journalism and marketing and communications while pursuing her passion in writing.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing story-driven RPGs, watching and reading all things science fiction and fantasy, and getting outdoors with the dog for a good walk

Website ~ Twitter ~ Instagram ~ Facebook ~ TikTok ~ Goodreads

and now…

The Cover

Sea of Souls Cover

I love that cover. Arresting design.



My thanks to Escapist Book Tours for the invitation to participate in this tour and the materials they provided. The opinions expressed by me are honest and my own.

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