When unrest threatens her kingdom, a mermaid princess must choose between loyalty and love.
When fifteen-year-old Atlantean Princess Adria sneaks away to see a hurricane on the surface of the ocean, she finds an air-breather in trouble. Kai's sailboat is sinking and Adria risks exposure of her Atlantean powers in order to save him.
Kai believes he's rescuing Adria. He's Atlantean too, with his own skills and secrets.
The two teens stumble onto an uninhabited island still thinking the other needs rescuing. When other Atlanteans show up--Atlanteans plotting against Adria's kingdom--Adria must decide whether to trust Kai based on the guy she's come to know or the company he keeps.
For a century, she has been a ghost in the human world. She's been a queen in exile, hiding a power she can barely control and a legacy she has tried to forget.
But the secret war for her drowned kingdom has not ended. When a warrior from her past finds her, she is dragged back to a world of magic, courtly intrigue, and a fight for the throne she never wanted .
To survive, she must master a terrifying shadow magic with a will of its own, a power she rightly fears . In a court of whispers where every ally could be an enemy, she must uncover a truth that could either save Atlantis or shatter it completely.