One morning, the ocean sends a message one she can't ignore. Once a radiant daughter of the sea, Naia now lives in exile, her once-majestic tail destroyed by a merciless human ship. Rescued through a forbidden alliance between a human and a shaman of her kind, she survives with a formidable bionic prosthetic, forever torn between the world that cast her aside and the one that nearly claimed her life. But when a mysterious trench threatens to tear apart the very fabric of the ocean, Naia is thrust back into a perilous political game as a reluctant pawn. Teaming up with Luan, the formidable King of the Hadal Deep, she must don the guise of his fiancée, knowing their journey into the abyss will reveal truths buried beneath greed and ancient power. As the ocean begins to fracture and treachery looms on the horizon, Naia and Luan find strength in their defiance against exile. In these shadowy depths, survival hinges not just on might, but on trust-and the sacrifices they're willing to make to save their beloved sea. #1 in exile