![]() Liss’s attempts to complete her tasks are met with constant misfortune, as if someone doesn’t want her to win. As punishment for her mistake, Liss must complete three tasks for the queen by the night of the Great Harvest Moonlight, the fairies’ biggest yearly celebration. ![]() When Liss accidentally interferes in a fairy queen’s quest for true love, she’s pulled into the vast and dangerous world of Un-Mann, a magical realm as old as the Isle of Man itself. Liss is determined to be what everyone expects, even if that means giving up her dreams. She knows that if she were like her free-spirited older sister Bridey who sailed to America just before the Great War, her mother would be devastated. She’s never cursed or kissed a boy, and until two years ago, when a mythical serpent kidnapped her, she was never late to anything. That’s what seventeen-year-old barmaid Liss Corkill does. ![]() A companion novel to Fear the Drowning Deep, an NPR Great Read of 2016. ![]()
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