The Mermaid Who Wanted to See the Sky
Selene has never felt at home beneath the sea. While the other merfolk of the Abyssal Reef find comfort in the darkness, Selene feels an unbearable longing for the world above. She watches the silver surface, dreams of sunlight and solid ground, and feels a mysterious pull from the moon that seems to reach directly into her blood. To the elders, her desire to see the sky is madness. To Selene, remaining beneath the ocean feels like a slow drowning.Desperate to discover why she feels connected to a world she has never known, Selene descends into the forbidden Abyssal Trenches to find Valerian Ravenscroft, an ancient sorcerer of the deep.Valerian warns her that the surface is not the paradise she imagines. Air will hurt her lungs, sunlight will burn her eyes, and becoming human will come at a terrible price. But Selene refuses to abandon her dream.Valerian offers her the Three-Day Contract. For seventy-two hours, she will have legs and be able to breathe air-but she must surrender her voice to the sea. If she cannot reconcile her two natures and reach the Meridian Point before the contract expires, she will dissolve into seafoam, belonging neither to land nor ocean.When Selene finally reaches the surface, the experience is far more overwhelming than her dreams. Her first breath burns, the world is painfully loud, and the sun is almost unbearable. Yet for the first time, she feels the weight of land beneath her feet and understands why her soul has always reached toward the sky.But her transformation is only the beginning. Selene must uncover why the moon calls to her, why Valerian seems to recognize her, and what ancient connection exists between the sea and the sky.The Mermaid Who Wanted to See the Sky is a lyrical fantasy about freedom, identity, forbidden dreams, sacrifice, and the courage to leave the world that raised you in search of the one your heart remembers.
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