In famed author-illustrator P.J. Lynch's gorgeous tale, he creates two
worlds--underwater and above--to tell an epic and haunting love story.
Jacob and his father are the only people who fish Lake Spetzia, which
was formed when the river was dammed and their town was flooded. The
villagers say the lake is haunted, but Jacob and his father don't want
to leave, because Jacob's mother is buried in the cemetery below the
water. As Jacob grows up, a village girl named Ellen falls in love with
him, and he with her. But before they are married, Jacob
disappears--lured underwater by the ghosts who inhabit the sunken
village. Years go by, with Jacob held captive by the watery spirits and
Ellen never giving up hope that she will find him, until a fateful night
when Jacob sees the light of Ellen's boat floating above. Can he break
free and reach the surface? Masterful illustrations alive with achingly
expressive characters and eerie underwater light bring readers into
acclaimed creator P.J. Lynch's rich world of love, loss, and hope.