The natural magic from the classic The Island from the Blue Dolphins meets the risk and courage of The Hunger Games within this amazing, intricate stand-alone fantasy novel set in award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst’s beloved world of Renthia.

Lifestyle is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene. Besieged by a capricious sea full of harmful spirits, the people of the islands seek joy where they are able to. Mayara, one of the island’s fearless oyster divers, offers found pleasure in love. But on about The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia your day of her wedding to the artist Kelo, a spirit-driven storm hits the island with deadly force.

To save her loved ones, Mayara reveals a dangerous secret: she’s the power to regulate the spirits. When the surprise ends, she is taken into custody from the queen’s troops and imprisoned with various other ladies like her.

They vary in age and social status, but to many they are heroes who’ll aide the united states or witches that will sacrifice themselves trying. No matter who they are, the women are sent to a terrifying place-an isle filled up with bloodthirsty nature spirits, and remaining without food, water, shelter, or any equipment except their personal instincts and magic. Whoever survives the Island of Tests will be declared heirs to the queen. But whether she wins or manages to lose, Mayara understands that the life span she imagined is gone.