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.
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September 18th – Siren’s Calling, The Sea King’s Daughters IV, An
urban fantasy novella by Piper J Drake.
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Title: Siren’s Calling
Author: Piper J. Drake
Series: 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.
In book 4 of The Sea King's Daughters series, Amae who is trained as a soldier, tries to save the sea animals from a mysterious killer. This book is filled with action adventure but also tells the story of a daughter who finally finds her way.
Keegan with his mysterious and quiet presence was quite deceiving at first creating additional tension and interest to the plot. His character kept this story interesting.
The emotions evoked in this book are protectiveness, caring, strength and forgiveness. How the author brings this about is very rewarding as she details the progression of these emotions and combines them into Amae's personal choice to free herself from thoughts that do not serve her. Along the way lives are changed and sometimes the very bad are not so bad.
I rate this book 4 STARS because of the ending. You'll need to read this to see what I am talking about.
Excerpt from Siren’s
Calling:
I tasted blood in the water.
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.
Piper 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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