WARNING: Young adult dystopian readers craving the danger of The Hunger Games and the morally grey dystopia of Neal Shusterman’s Scythe may become addicted to Survivors of the Rising Sea by Nicole Adrianne. 

Don’t read this thrilling new tale of survival if you have any allergies or sensitivities to…

  • strong female leads
  • morally grey characters
  • found family
  • a fierce grumpy / sunshine female friendship
  • sword-fighting
  • rival dystopian factions
  • enemies-to-friends
  • reluctant allies
  • a fascinating post-apocalyptic setting
  • pirates
  • Vikings
  • pirates fighting Vikings
  • Vikings fighting pirates
  • epic explosions
  • secret societies
  • betrayal and loss
  • a cocky hero
  • smart female protagonists
  • girls in STEM
  • no spice, a.k.a. tame, sweet, or clean romance (with kissing!)
  • own voices indie books
  • neurodivergent characters

Otherwise, keep scrolling to satisfy your curiosity about this epic post-apocalyptic novella!

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As the oceans rise higher, Vikings and pirates battle for dominance.

Middle-class Viking Margot is stuck in a dead-end job, working for a powerful, thankless boss. When a sudden workday storm leaves Margot shipwrecked and floating in the raging sea, she’s ecstatic to be rescued—until she discovers her rescuer is a mafia pirate.

Margot is shaken to the core to learn her boss—one of the community enforcers appointed to drive criminals away—is working hand in hand with the highly illegal mafia. But after destiny throws Margot into her enemy’s world, she realizes her life could have a greater purpose than endless servitude. 

Will she break away from her rescuer and return to a demanding, fruitless job beside her beloved boyfriend…or leave it all behind to become an outlaw herself?

No matter what Margot decides, hearts—and bones—will break.

If you’re craving the danger of The Hunger Games and the morally grey dystopia of Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe, then you’ll be addicted to Nicole Adrianne’s thrilling new tale of survival. 

Get Survivors of the Rising Sea to start the emotionally gripping adventure today!


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Nicole Adrianne’s debut audiobook, Survivors of the Rising Sea, took many long months of recording, editing, and re-editing to produce—now, we’re delighted to present this high-quality production to you!

When you download Survivors of the Rising Sea as an audiobook, you can expect:

  • Amazing cinematic music throughout
  • Professional-quality sound that rivals corresponding productions from traditional audio publishers such as HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster
  • dramatic, colorful reading with audible variation for each character performed by the author

Experience Survivors of the Rising Sea, which readers have called “a thrilling adventure story,” “very well written,” and “a pro-women piece” with “a fascinating storyline” in a whole new way with this stimulating audiobook production.