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Oriana Paredes has spent two years infiltrating the social elite of the Golden City, reporting back to her people—the sereia, sea folk barred from the city’s shores. When her mentor and confidante decides to elope to Paris, Oriana agrees to accompany her. Before they can depart, the two women are abducted and left to drown; Oriana survives because of her heritage, while she witnesses her friend’s death. Vowing vengeance, she encounters Duilio Ferreira, a police consultant who has been investigating the disappearance of servants from the city’s wealthiest homes. Duilio, who secretly possesses prophetic gifts, is drawn to Oriana’s legacy. Bound by their hidden truths and mutual mistrust, Oriana and Duilio must collaborate to expose a twisted plot of dark magic that could unravel the very fabric of history.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: J. Kathleen Cheney
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