Growing up on a tropical island isn't always bliss for Ariel. On her eighteenth birthday, she became a vessel, and must prepare for Mating Season; a seven day long gathering, where women of breeding age travel to the distant all-male island in order to repopulate the broken lands. On arrival at the island, Ariel's world is shaken when she reunites with Ben, her best friend who was forced to leave his home and live on the all-male island when...