ORPHANS OF THE SEA introduces readers to a world built on moral pressure, hard choices, and consequences that refuse to negotiate.

Enter the Underground at charlesrcooke.com and follow @undergroundtheseries for what comes next

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Sook Joo is forced aboard a container ship where violence is routine and wealthy spectators wager on death. Her captors expect fear. What they get is someone trained to endure.

Meet Sook Joo and enter the Underground at @undergroundtheseries. More at charlesrcooke.com

For Sook Joo, escape is not a single act. It means watching, learning, preparing, & understanding the people who control the ship well enough to turn their system against them.

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At center of ORPHANS OF THE SEA is a character who does not rely on bravado. Sook Joo is someone who survives by understanding the rules before deciding which ones to break.

Start with Orphans of the Sea at charlesrcooke.com and follow @undergroundtheseries.

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ORPHANS OF THE SEA is the first entry in Charles R. Cooke & Christopher X. Ryan’s Underground series, an action-driven story about survival, loyalty, and the choices people are forced to make

Follow @undergroundtheseries and discover the series at charlesrcooke.com

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ORPHANS OF THE SEA opens the door to a larger crime universe where power, loyalty, and survival rarely come clean.

Explore the Underground series at charlesrcooke.com and follow @undergroundtheseries for more.

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