Endless Blue Beneath

On land, Eppie will never be anything more than the outcast girl who kissed the grocer’s daughter. But beneath the water’s surface lies a future and a society she could never have imagined. Stolen from the shore, she is transformed. Eppie is stronger, swifter—and hungrier. Human flesh smells like heaven on earth, and Eppie is ravenous.

 

She has become a monster of the deep—a mermaid.

 

Despite the horror of her new appetites, Eppie learns to love this strange second life. The mermaid colony is mesmerizing and Eppie’s new sisters are fiercely loyal. And when Eppie meets Marie, a stunningly beautiful mermaid with a past as shadowed as her raven-black scales, she finds she no longer needs to resist the desires that were denied to her on land.

 

But dark sails are on the horizon. The mermaid hunters are coming, armed with cannons and Biblical wrath. Eppie must decide whether to protect the new, monstrous family she’s found or leave it all behind for a chance to live above the waves once again.

Additional information

Classification

Fiction

Genre

Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romantasy

Age

Adult

Publisher

Hachette

Imprint

Orbit US

Language(s)

English

Format(s)

Hardcover, Trade paperback

Author

Shannon K. English

Release Date

9-Jun-26

Release Month

June Releases

Author Identity

LGBTQIA+

Content Rep

LGBTQIA+

About the Author

Shannon K. English grew up in the bleak and beautiful landscapes of northern England. She is inspired by mythology, fantasy of every kind, and powerful narratives about characters struggling with terrible choices. As an asexual and panromantic author, she tries to tell the representative sci-fi and fantasy stories she loves to read. Her favourite writers include Ursula K. Le Guin, Shannon Hale and Jack London.

 

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