Endless Blue Beneath

In this hauntingly romantic, queer fantasy debut from Shannon K. English, a young mermaid is forced to choose between her old life above the waves and her new life below them. 

“An enchanting story of fighting for love and family amontst monsters.” ―S.A. MacLean, bestselling author of Voidwalker

On land, Eppie will never be anything more than the outcast girl who kissed the grocer’s daughter. But beneath the water’s surface lies a future and a society she could never imagine. Stolen from the shore, she is transformed. Eppie is stronger, swifter—and hungrier. Human flesh smells like heaven on earth, and Eppie is ravenous. 

Despite the horror of her new appetites, Eppie learns to love this strange second life. The mermaid colony is mesmerizing, and Eppie’s new sisters are fiercely loyal. When she meets Marie, a stunningly beautiful mermaid with a past as shadowed as her raven-black scales, Eppie finds she no longer needs to resist her deepest desires.

But dark sails are on the horizon. The mermaid hunters are coming, and Eppie must decide whether to protect her new, monstrous family or leave it all behind for a chance to live above the waves once again.

• “Like the ocean itself, Endless Blue Beneath is at times stunningly beautiful, at other times hauntingly dark, an enchanting story of fighting for love and family amongst monsters.” 
  S.A. MacLean, bestselling author of Voidwalker
• “Complex and beautifully rendered…the kind of writing it’s easy to get lost in.”
  Reena McCarty, author of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains
• “Lush and evocative.”
  Megan Bontranger, author of The Sea Hides Its Dead
• “Underneath the surface, Endless Blue Beneath is a book about what we hide — from the world, from grief, from ourselves. The characters are messy and achingly real, and you feel every ounce of what they lose.”
  Christine Cowan, author of Love, Witches, and Wahala
• “Beautifully imagined and deeply emotional, Endless Blue Beneath captures both the joy and heartbreak that can come with discovering where — and who — you were meant to be.”
  A. T. Rainach, author of The Art of Living Forever
• “If you’re looking for a story about family, monstrousness of the self, and the magical-yet-unnerving world of mermaids, this book has it all.”
  Deena Helm, author of Our Cut of Salt
• “Highlights families both inherited and found, the desire to love and be loved, and the hope and drive for survival.” 
  Library Journal
• "A uniquely horrific take on mermaids ... English’s mermaid lore fascinates, and her colorful underwater world comes alive on the page. This twisty, fast-paced tale should win her a whole new set of fans." 
  Publishers Weekly