Amae Waters is a mermaid blending in with humankind. Her mission? Prepare the oceans for the return of her people. But a new predator has entered the Puget Sound, defying human understanding, and Amae must face it and darker dangers lurking in the deep.
Available September 18th – Siren’s Calling, The Sea King’s Daughters IV, An urban fantasy novella by Piper J Drake.
Siren’s Calling by Piper J. DrakeSeries: The Sea King’s Daughters
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Publisher: Independent
Print Length: 22,000 words
ASIN: B07FWSWV5T
Amae Waters will never live up to her father's expectations--she's not a leader and she's not a soldier. Rather than live with his disappointment, she's left his realm and built a life for herself in Seattle, a mermaid blending in with humankind. Her mission? To prepare the oceans for the return of her people. But she's not sure she's cut out to accomplish that either.
A new predator has entered the waters of the Puget Sound, ravaging orcas and leaving their carcasses to wash ashore for humans to find. Whatever is killing them is beyond human understanding and Amae must find it before it irrevocably damages the complex balance of the ocean ecosystems.
But a greater danger lurks in the deep. Amae is done evading traps. She'll defend her territory and prove she needn't be a soldier to be a warrior or become the sacrifice used to end her people.
Look for other stories in this exciting Urban Fantasy series from Philippa Ballantine, Stacia D. Kelly, Lauren Harris, Katee Robert, and Asa Maria Bradley.
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This Sea King Daughter won't back down.
Amae has made for herself a little quiet life in Seattle. She tries to keep the balance in the ecosystem, working alongside humans and keeping to herself. But when Orcas start to appear killed by the shores, she joins a team of researchers to find the real killer and keep everyone safe.
Amae finds an unexpected ally in Keegan, a Selkie living in Puget Sound, the one who asks for help when he realises that whatever is killing the Orcas is not a normal predator. They join forces, reclutantly.
Amae is such a powerfull character. Not only in her magic but her spirit. She's not a warrior, that's true but she's a caretaker and she will do everything to protect those who live in her territory. She will also do everything to make her father proud and I felt so bad for her! She's obviously still struggling to come to terms with her exile.
Siren's Calling is a beautiful story of growing up and accepting who you are. Amae learns to love her life a bit more through the book and gains more than one unexpected friend.
Piper J Drake delivers a book full of mistery, excitment and a great pace that keeps the reader engaged through the whole book.
The Sea King's Daughters books are captivating and each takes you deeper into their world and right in the middle of a battle between the siren's and the Deep Wellers.
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Excerpt
from Siren’s Calling
I tasted blood in the water.
Changing course with a
flick of my tail, I swam against the fast-moving ocean current toward the
source. There were no vibrations in the water to indicate the thrashing of a
living thing in distress and the seas were quieter than usual. Not surprising,
with this much blood carried on the currents. Predators would be drawn to it
and prey would be wise to leave the area or hide.
Curious, I’d come to
investigate, thinking one of the killer whale pods had taken a baleen whale. It
wasn’t unheard of, though it didn’t happen often. A big kill like that would
draw plenty of ocean denizens, and I hadn’t tasted whale in a long time. I
wouldn’t kill one, not when I couldn't finish consuming it myself and not when
so many whale species were endangered, but I wouldn’t let it go to waste,
either.
When I didn’t find
anything in open water, I’d pulled myself up onto the rocky outcropping between
islands and found it. The body. But it wasn’t a humpback or gray whale, not a
mink or fin whale, either. It was an orca, a killer whale, and that didn’t make
any kind of sense.
Before I could take a
closer look, the sound of a powerful motor cut through the morning calls of
seabirds. Harbor seals lifted their heads and looked around from where they lay
on another rock outcropping. A lone Steller sea lion grunted and scratched his
head with a huge hind flipper. He turned to stare at me and I met his gaze,
unconcerned. He was a prime specimen of a bull, the largest I’d ever
encountered, but he posed no threat to me.
The waves slapped against
the rocks around my tail fin in a changed cadence. A boat was approaching, and
with it, humans. They were probably whale watching, which meant every one of
them would be on the lookout for wildlife. Most of them would have binoculars.
I couldn’t let them see me in this form.
I dove back into the water,
darting through forests of kelp and berating myself for lingering past dawn.
There was too much light and I had to dive deep to be sure nothing on the
surface caught sight of even a tail flick from me.
As far as humans were
concerned, I didn’t exist. I was a myth, a fairy tale.
If they saw me, they
might not even believe what they’d seen. In their dreams or after too many
drinks, they might whisper, “Mermaid.”
And they’d be right.
About Piper J. DrakePiper J. Drake is a bestselling author of romantic suspense and edgy contemporary romance, a frequent flyer, and day job road warrior. She is often distracted by dogs, cupcakes, and random shenanigans.
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