Introduction: Henry Cauville never meant to get caught up in a murder investigation. He came to the sleepy seaside village of Tortus Bay to forget his past, and to start a new life. Little could he have known that his arrival would coincide with the death of a beloved community leader, or that said community would be holding a strange festival at the end of the month—about which none of them will speak.Now, Henry must deal with the repercussions of an unfortunate public misunderstanding while coming to terms with a startling, mystical discovery and what it means for both himself and the world at large.Welcome to Tortus Bay, where there are no tortoises....