The Mermaid, The Witch, And The Sea
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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"Florian is a pirate, and he does whatever violence he must – because before he joined his pirate crew, Florian was Flora, a helpless street urchin. Lady Evelyn Hasegawa is on her way to an arranged marriage, only to be kidnapped by Florian and his fellow pirates. When the opportunity comes for the two of them to save a dying mermaid and change their fates, they find themselves adrift in a conspiracy of empires, pirates and the Sea herself. Queer, diverse and full of kissing, double-crosses and magic, this is an imaginative and adventurous debut."
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