Star Born

Generations ago, humanity fled Earth under a repressive regime to find sanctuary on a distant world already inhabited by the mermaids, an ancient race equally at home on land and sea. Together, these unlikely allies have survived in hiding, building their society in the shadow of Those Others, a predatory alien species who hunt sentient beings for sport. Now Dalgard, a young man on his coming-of-age expedition, ventures into forbidden territory with his knife-brother Sssuri of the mermaids. What they discover will shatter everything: Those Others are returning to reclaim horrors left behind in their abandoned cities, and they've found unexpected allies among new arrivals from Earth. Norton builds her tale on the unbreakable bond between human and mermen, a friendship that transcends species and becomes humanity's last hope against an enemy that has hunted them since the stars were young. This is adventure at its finest: dangerous, wonder-filled, and deeply felt.