There are those who say sirens, wild, beautiful, deadly creatures, half-bird, half-human, lured fishermen to their deaths by leading them away from lighthouses, into sharp, deadly rocks, using their beautiful voices.
There are those who say sirens are beautiful creatures, mermaid-like ones, that sing to the fishermen tales of others. These fishermen are so infatuated with the beautiful creatures that they come closer, closer, to the mermaid-like animals. Enticed, entranced, ensnared with the beauty of both body and voice, these fishermen leap from their boats and drown in the swarm of waiting shredding teeth and powerful fins.
But what these tales don't portray is the truth. Their crafty cousins, mermaids, are the deadly destructive ones, the ones that legends have painted as sirens. Sirens have no interest in the deaths of the fishermen. They care only for each other, and for hunting for their long lost mistress, Persephone.
It's been hundreds of years, though, since the last true sighting of Persephone, held deep in Hade's supposedly merciless clutches. The three Sirens (Meara, Himeropa, and Libertina) have now turned their focus to more earthly concerns: pollution, destruction, death, and the like.
Follow Meara, one of the three sirens of legend, as she races to save her sister from the clutches of the merfolk, finding quests and answers to hard questions along the way.
Things aren't always easy under the water.
A retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, a story of fate, the struggle for power, and love found in the most unexpected places.
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Persephone has been raised in Olympus all her life - her mother absent, her father a cruel king, with her siblings teaching her all they know. She has seen all of what the gods and goddesses do and she is sick of it. When she learns her safety is threatened by staying in Olympus, she flees to the Underworld. There she stays until she learns that her leaving has caused the world to wilt. But leaving behind her newfound friends and Lady of the Underworld is something she will not do willingly, no matter the consequences.
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Cover designed by Regina Dionela
Content Warning: Mentions of rape and incest