D N. BRYN

After a year of voiceless captivity, a bloodthirsty siren with a paralyzed fin fights to return home while avoiding the lure of a suspiciously friendly and eccentric pirate captain. Prepare for a voyage of laughter, danger, family, and forgiveness with this #ownvoice fantasy, while your heart is stolen - if not eaten - by sirens.

Our Bloody Pearl

Jasper

There is one thing I know for certain: We were right to hate the humans.

The sea betrayed me. My sea, the one place I knew I would be home. I’ve been rejected.

The world comes alive, and I hold to every heartbeat. I live.

I refuse to let my home dash me to pieces, but neither can I run from it.

I don’t know at what point I decided I would risk everything for this stupid human with his dorky smile and his sparkling eyes. But I did. And I will.

I never imagined a human’s life would matter to me, but seeing him awake and happy makes my heart leap and my sore muscles loosen.

Besides, I know nothing about humans except which of their organs tastes best.

The current rips a pod apart; tenacious, devastating. If I fight it, will we come together? Or will it only break us further?

The ocean is not sentimental. It moves ever forward: current and wave and undertow. But it still meets itself in the backwash.

I want to know who dared touch my Dejean without his permission, so I can rip their throat out.

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