The Trident and the Pearl by Sarah K.L. Wilson Published by Orbit on February 24, 2026
Genres: Fantasy
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A desperate queen makes a deal with the gods to save her land in this spellbinding romantasy debut from Sarah K. L. Wilson.
Queen Coralys rules the Kingdom of the Five Isles, but when disaster strikes, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she pleads with the gods for salvation. And they do save her, turning back the terrible winds and tide and snatching her islands from the brink of destruction.
But the gods have a wicked sense of justice and they demand an exchange for their Coralys must marry the first man to set foot on her pier. Coralys expects the fleet of a neighboring country to come to rescue her people, led by its prince, a loyal ally. What she gets instead is a fisherman so sunburnt and stinking that her court can barely keep their breakfast down.
Coralys marries the fisherman just as she promised the gods, and sets out with him in his unkempt dinghy, with nothing but hopes of revenge against the gods to keep her from despair. But what she does not know is that the fisherman is actually the god of the sea. And he stepped on her dock for a reason.
His own kingdom besieged, his body terribly wounded, and his place as a god threatened, the fisherman has plans to turn the tides set against him and finally offer a place of refuge for his people. But working the magic he needs will require the help of the one woman bent on his destruction.
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Queen Coralys makes a bargain with the Gods to save her people; in return she must marry the first man to step foot on her pier. She winds up going through with it, how could she not save her people. She marries a fisherman and sails away with him to his remote island. Set with what seem to be impossible tasks and dealing with the Gods of her world, Coralys must figure out her place and how to save the very people she vowed to protect.
I adored this story, it lured me in with its siren song. I enjoyed hearing about Coralys and her husband and the challenges they faced. There was a whodunit aspect of the story as well which kept my attention. If you are a fan of fantasy novels with Gods, you should try this book.
