A deep-sea romance that begins with salvation and ends with farewell.
Shen Ci, a gifted marine biologist, is rescued by a mysterious being from the deep at the most despairing moment of his life. The unknown species he has spent three years tirelessly searching for enters his life in this extraordinary way, only to drag him into a vast conspiracy spanning two worlds.
Beneath the sea, merfolk prey on humans, luring sailors to their deaths with song and building their homes atop heaps of bones. To save Shen Ci, Lan the mermaid defies her people’s laws and fights against her own kind. In the end, she swears to leave this bloodthirsty homeland for good and wander alone through the endless deep.
On one side are humanity’s greedy hunts and the schemes and rivalries of academia; on the other, her people’s relentless hostility and the deep sea’s fated curse. Shen Ci struggles between science and conscience, while Lan must choose between her people and her beloved. When the truth finally comes to light and love clashes head-on with slaughter, can they break through a thousand years of hatred and prejudice to protect this forbidden love?
A deep-sea epic of salvation, betrayal, and choice, revealing the cruelest truth behind the legends of merfolk.
