In this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to
her best-selling debut, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, a diverse
resistance force fights to topple an empire in a story about freedom,
identity, and decolonization.
By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their
resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor. Now
allies from across the empire are readying themselves, hoping against
hope to bring about the end of the conquerors' rule and the rebirth of
the Sea. But trust and truth are hard to come by in this complex world
of mermaids, spies, warriors, and aristocrats. Who will
Genevieve--lavishly dressed but washed up, half-dead, on the Wariuta
island shore--turn out to be? Is warrior Koa's kindness toward her
admirable, or is his sister Kaia's sharp suspicion wiser? And back in
the capital, will pirate-spy Alfie really betray the Imperials who have
shown him affection, especially when a duplicitous senator reveals xe
would like nothing better?
Meanwhile, the Sea is losing more and more of herself as her daughters
continue to be brutally hunted, and the Empire continues to expand
through profits made from their blood. The threads of time, a web of
schemes, shifting loyalties, and blossoming identities converge in
Maggie Tokuda-Hall's remarkable companion to The Mermaid, the Witch,
and the Sea, as unlikely young allies work to forge a new and better
world.
