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Further up ahead, Julia caught sight of domes that were indicative of an observatory. That in itself would have been a rare find, but dead trees were protruding through the walls and dome made it doubly so. These had not grown through the buildings, but were occupying the same space.
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Julia sailed through the air until she collided with loose dirt at high speed. When the dust settled, she was partially buried into the soft earth, nestled in what used to be a network of roots for the tree tumbling into the void.
“Well… that could have gone better,” Julia said.
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“You were always a failure,” Adrienne said.
“You’re dead,” Julia countered softly.
“Just like your father…” Adrienne said and paused to let those words soak in.
“I had nothing to do with it—” Julia replied after counting down from five to calm down.
“You’re pathetic,” Adrienne said. “It should be you in that grave.”
“It wasn’t me who decided to pick a fight with the harpy,” Julia said. using what her pack often referred Clara as.
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A part of her wanted to catch up with the three women. It would certainly be awkward, but there was something to their relationship, an energy that she was desperate to experience first hand.
“Looking at them, even though imperfect, reminds me of how much of a train wreck my life is…” Julia said.
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Anna is a humanoid mermaid who spends her days with the local timekeeper until a podmate comes to her with a proposal. They hatch a plan to head out into the watery ruins of humanity in search of lost technology and materials. For a young mermaid living in the dredges of society, the promise of riches from such a find is just too big to pass up.
When humanity has been driven into the sea, what lurks above the waves?
Armed with nothing more than an old map and some rusty road signs to follow, they are soon reminded that adventure often brings forth more than its fair share of rough waters. Her friend gets captured, leaving Anna alone in a world where mermaids are nowhere near the top of the food chain.
Follow Anna as she makes landfall and learns why her ancestors abandoned the surface. Lost in a world that is perpetually covered in a thick fog, Anna must navigate through what remains above the high-water mark. What will she find? An ally? A foe? Or will she find nothing more than death and destruction?
Before reading on, be sure to consider: When humanity has been driven into the sea, what lurks above the waves?
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