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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.
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.
About
Piper J. Drake:
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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