In Venice, magic is not unusual. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin -- a boy who was once a master thief -- works for a weaver of magic cloth. Merle and Serafin are used to the mermaids who live in the canals of the city -- beautiful creatures with hideous...
In Venice, under siege by the armies of a revived Egyptian pharaoh, the mystical Flowing Queen who protects the Venician lagoon is under threat by the Egyptians. She devises a plan in which the small orphan Merle will keep her safeby absorbing the Queen's essence into her own...