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The Ninth Ledger

Historical Fiction

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Fairy Tales and Folklore

The Ninth Ledger

A History of Unpaid TidesBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™

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The Ninth Ledger

Length54m

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The ocean keeps its promises. Every extraction is on the books now: the hollow fish, the ink that won’t dry, the frozen wave holding your history at eye level while you walk around pretending the tide is normal. In The Ninth Ledger™, you sit inside a system that doesn’t hate you, doesn’t forgive you, and doesn’t negotiate with your reasons — it just balances the columns with whatever you haven’t admitted costs you yet. By the time the sea finishes its audit, the only open question is simple and vicious: when the bill arrives in your own handwriting, what exactly are you willing to liquidate to keep everyone else breathing a little longer?

Audiobook details

GenreHistorical Fiction, Fairy Tales and Folklore

Length54 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateNov 2, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction

8Six: Sallow Comes Calling

2A Note on the Ledger You're Holding

9Seven: Day Six: The Tilting Light

3One: The Weight of It

10Eight: Day Eight: The Frozen Wave

4Two: The Entry

11Nine: The Ultimate Oath

5Three: Day One: What the Water Sends Back

12Ten: The Reset

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6Four: Day Three: The Crab Court

13A Note on Returning

7Five: Day Five: The Ink-Flood

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