A flood is surging.
Sixteen-year-old Tryphaena Moss just wants to be left alone. In the Camford River, where the king and queen rule with exacting authority, the wisest naiads stay safe by avoiding the attention of the royals. But then Tryphaena's best friend is condemned to die.
Tryphaena's carefully planned life is upended when she steps forward to take her friend's place in a trial by ordeal, provoking the anger of the king and queen and attracting the eye of the roguishly handsome crown prince. To survive, she must embark on a dangerous journey to travel to her father's homewaters and seek an audience with a foreign queen.
Can Tryphaena survive the venture into unfamiliar rivers, or will the rapids take her life? And will the prince's newfound infatuation with her prove to be her doom?
Encounter the magic of the naiad rivers in Daughter of the Rivers, a companion novella to Broken Tides, a spine-tingling series of YA mermaid fantasy books. If you like enigmatic mystery, stirring romance, and harrowing intrigue, you'll love Catherine Jones Payne's riveting underwater world.
Dive into a page-turning adventure perfect for fans of Alexandra Christo, Leigh Bardugo, and Kiera Cass.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Sixteen-year-old Tryphaena Moss just wants to be left alone. In the Camford River, where the king and queen rule with exacting authority, the wisest naiads stay safe by avoiding the attention of the royals. But then Tryphaena's best friend is condemned to die.
Tryphaena's carefully planned life is upended when she steps forward to take her friend's place in a trial by ordeal, provoking the anger of the king and queen and attracting the eye of the roguishly handsome crown prince. To survive, she must embark on a dangerous journey to travel to her father's homewaters and seek an audience with a foreign queen.
Can Tryphaena survive the venture into unfamiliar rivers, or will the rapids take her life? And will the prince's newfound infatuation with her prove to be her doom?
Encounter the magic of the naiad rivers in Daughter of the Rivers, a companion novella to Broken Tides, a spine-tingling series of YA mermaid fantasy books. If you like enigmatic mystery, stirring romance, and harrowing intrigue, you'll love Catherine Jones Payne's riveting underwater world.
Dive into a page-turning adventure perfect for fans of Alexandra Christo, Leigh Bardugo, and Kiera Cass.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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