![]() ![]() No one escapes the Sea’s reckoning in this searing sequel. ![]() A Nipran commander proposes a trade agreement with the Wariuta, which Ica accepts to prevent further bloodshed, but a betrayal leads to a massacre that leaves nearly all the Wariuta dead except Kaia, who is captured, and Koa, who takes a conscience-stricken Genevieve and a few survivors to a hidden oasis where there resides a siren whose blood holds the secret to the Nipran Empire’s defeat. But Kaia, his sister, makes clear her distrust of the girl, Genevieve, whom she views as simply another murderous Colonizer. Koa, Ica’s gentle, pacifist son, is relieved by this decision. ![]() When a girl dressed in Nipran clothing washes ashore and reveals her ability to speak the Wariuta’s Sky language, Wariuta leader Ica spares the girl’s life in exchange for her services as an interpreter. The Red Shore is home to the Wariuta, whose warriors fight alongside hyena familiars and whose alchemists hold the secret to kau, an explosive coveted by the Colonizers. A tragedy upends the worldview of a handmaid to an Imperial spy in this follow-up to 2020’s The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea. ![]()
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