When Nanshe, Anuket, Vedenemo are whisked away from their normal, undersea lives to become average middle schoolers, they begin to realize the risks of the human world, the great changes in society, and the challenges of growing up as a homosapien. Nanshe, a hipster-grunge gatherer, is tired of working for her mother day in and day out. She finally finds herself on a journey that will take her from all the seaweed, kelp, and ocassional pearl. Anuket, a girly polisher, loves all the shiny jewels she cleanses for the royal crowns. When the time comes to say goodbye, she makes a desicion that may affect her and the entire kingdom. Vedenemo, the Royal Daughter and next in line for the throne, only wants freedom. The demands of a kingdom seem almost as large as the ocean itself! Will she be able to take charge of two teenage mermaids in the Forbidden Unknown? Three mermaids, two worlds, one spell. Discover what lies beyond the sunset.
Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared.
There's one rule shared between the island's tribes: don't touch the water. When Cressa-la breaks this law, her world, and body, changes. Sure, change is normal... but when has growing scales ever been normal?
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Watty Award Winner 2015: Best Use of Visuals
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Each baby born beneath the waves is killed--with one exception: the one hundred thousandth is spared.
Among the spared, magic chooses a rare few, connecting them to the moon or sea. These are the One-Hundreds, mermaids and humans with the power to save the world-or corrupt it.
When Cressa-la breaks the first rule of her tribe and touches the water surrounding her island, everything she knows turns on its head. Talking, sinister dolphins, mind control, and a whole world just under the waves await her on her eigteenth birthday... but she never asked for any of this. All she wanted was to become a Tribe Leader and take care of her village.
It's amazing how one screw-up can change everything.
A relentless darkness reaches for her, wanting her affections for his own twisted purposes. In opposition stands a fractured light, haunted by a painful past where corruption eroded friendship.
Unless Cressa-la can bring the darkness to his knees and fight the war raging inside, the world is doomed.
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Content warning: This story contains themes of depression and violence.