Year of the Mer

Year of the Mer

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

The witch did not live close. Yemi swam westward into the small hours of the morning, popping above the waves intermittently to check the fading stars for her course. Above water, the moon was bright, but she didn’t have to descend far to lose the light.

The glimmers of sea giants illuminated by her sporadic humming were the only proof she had that she wasn’t simply treading water in an abyss.

Whales bounced their songs off her, some wandering curiously close by, knowing as well as she did how strange and dangerous it was for one so small to be so far from shore.