Year of the Mer

Year of the Mer

Author: L. D. Lewis Listening Length: 13h 29m

A dark, bloody epic fantasy reimagining of The Little Mermaid that goes far beyond the fairy tale to explore family legacy, war, and what we will sacrifice for vengeance—the perfect read for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and Circe. The fairy tale mermaid Arielle might have gotten her happily-ever-after, but he...

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The body was only a body in the sense that there was a belly button to keep it from being some other category of meat.

There was a torso, bare and pale and waterlogged with shredded flesh at its ribs like so much fringe.

What was left of the viscera that had once filled it was now a short trail just shy of the tide line.