![]() ![]() The sense of dark intrigue and strange fantasy evoked by the fairy tale motifs is unfortunately muted by Cokal’s static prose, and the tension between good and evil plays out with little action at a stumbling pace. Thyrla, baroness of the islands and a witch in her own right, will not stand for another adored female in her land and, in an attempt to neutralize the threat, betroths Sanna to her loathsome son, traps her in the castle, and plans to use Sanna’s blood to extend her own life. She is taken for a saint and a maker of miracles by the islands’ toiling residents when the magic she’s just barely controlling begins to leak out, turning white roses red and reshaping their iconic statue of Our Lady of the Sea. ![]() Under the guidance of a sea witch, mermaid Sanna turns her tail into legs and goes ashore to the Thirty-Seven Dark Islands to find any information about her landish mother. ![]()
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