A young enchantress mermaid has the bad luck of coming to the attention of the leading politician of her city. Worse, her attention brings that of her renegade nephew, the Emperor of the Abyss, leader of the most dangerous cannibalistic mers.
"It seems that, with the desolation of their World, came the forsaking of their Language, and now, only the few pieces within the Libraries hold Text and Histories about the Language of the Forsaken."