"Epic, musical, and tender." -- Kirkus Reviews
Can't You Hear It, Talia? Can't You Hear the Waves Singing?
Sixteen-year-old Talia was born to a life of certainty and luxury,
destined to become Empress of half the world. But when an ambitious
rival seizes power, she and her mother are banished to a nowhere
province on the far edge of the Northern Sea.
It is here, in the drafty halls of the Ruen Dahr, that Talia discovers
family secrets, a melancholy boy with a troubling vision of her future,
and a relic that holds the power of an ancient Star. On these shores,
the eerie melody of the sea is stronger than ever, revealing long
forgotten tales of the Goddess Rahn. The more dark truths that Talia
unravels about the gods' history--and her own--the more the waves call
to her, and it's her destiny to answer.