What if there was an alternative society under the Atlantic waves filled with cannibalistic merpeople? 17 year old Ariel King is the daughter of Triton King, the King of Atlanta; a tribe of merpeople who feed off humans. Just on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Ariel rescues a handsome mortal outcast, which prompts her to change her views on mortals. But Ariel knows little of the consequences of choosing to love her prey.