A betrothed princess in a kingdom of myth Amphibious beings who can shift between land and sea An escape to freedom . . Princess Darya has her whole life planned for her by her mother, the Queen of the Brinen Kingdom. She is due to be wed by the end of the summer, but what happens when one of the servants, the Finfolk, saves her life? What happens when a deep secret finally comes to light? Darya must struggle to find out what is right: thousands of years of tradition laid out by her ancestors, or following in her fathers footsteps to right a millennia old wrong.