The Sea Thief

Meet the Selkies: seals by day, humans by night. Or, in the case of Tora Urchadainn: seal by day, thief by night.

And Tora is just about to learn that even the best thieves sometimes get caught.

Inspired by Scottish mythology about the Selkies, The Sea Thief is a YA Fantasy set in the arctic land of Narenji. As the eldest of three sisters, it is Tora's duty to hunt and kill to feed her family.

Except there's one catch: Tora is scared of blood. She can't hunt.

Instead, Tora has spent the past few years mastering the art of theft. Pickpocketing, shoplifting, sleight of hand - she's done them all. Every morning, she takes off her seal coat, poses around as a human, and steals her dinner from the human markets.

But one day, Tora's seal coat gets stolen. And, without it, she can't turn back into a seal and swim back to her family.

When Tora finds the boy who took her seal coat, they strike up a bargain: if Tora helps him steal from the Cobalt Sea Pirates, he will give her back the coat.

Before she even knows it, Tora finds herself planning her biggest heist yet.

And this time, it's not her dinner that's on the line. It's her life.

Gorgeous cover by @awesomeSTG