The sea took her father. Now it’s coming for her brother.
Morgan has spent her life fighting the ocean’s pull. Her legendary father, Captain Ahab, vanished chasing a monstrous secret beneath the waves—and Morgan refuses to let the same obsession claim her twin brother, Nathan.
But when Nathan ignores her warnings and sails toward the forbidden Island of Nightmares in search of rumored treasure, his voyage turns deadly. A shadow moves beneath the water. A crewman shows signs of a strange bite. And Nathan becomes convinced the creature stalking his ship is tied to the dark legacy their father left behind.
A werewhale may be hunting them.
With time running out and the cursed island fast approaching, Morgan teams up with Ishmael, one of Ahab’s last surviving crewmates, to race across dangerous waters and save Nathan before the ocean claims him for good. To succeed, Morgan must confront the very force she fears most—and unravel a mystery that has haunted her family for generations.
Ahab’s Daughter is the thrilling first novel in The Werewhale Saga, a sweeping fantasy-adventure series and a prequel to the Cinderella’s Secret Witch Diaries universe. Packed with high-seas suspense, supernatural danger, and unforgettable characters, this novel expands a richly connected world of magic, hidden histories, and legendary destinies.
If you enjoy bold heroines, nautical fantasy, mysterious creatures, and fast-paced adventure with a mythic edge, you’ll be drawn into this unforgettable voyage.
Set sail into the origin story that launched the magic.
Ron Vitale is a fantasy and science fiction author. Influenced by the likes of Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, C. S. Lewis, and Philip Pullman, he has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Villanova University where he studied the works of Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. For his thesis, he interpreted Walker’s and Atwood’s novels through a psychological Jungian approach by showing how the central female protagonists use storytelling as a means to heal themselves from trauma. He lives in a small town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and keeps himself busy by writing his blog and on learning how to be a good father to his kids all while working on his next book.