The Twice Lost

Mermaids have been sinking ships and drowning humans for centuries, and now the government is determined to put an end to the mermaid problem—by slaughtering all of them. Luce, a mermaid with exceptionally threatening abilities, becomes their number-one target, hunted as she flees down the coast toward San Francisco.

     There she finds hundreds of mermaids living in exile under the docks of the bay. These are the Twice Lost: once-human girls lost first when a trauma turned them into mermaids, and lost a second time when they broke mermaid law and were rejected by their tribes. Luce is stunned when they elect her as their leader. But she won’t be their queen. She’ll be their general. And they will become the Twice Lost Army—because this is war.

Urban Fantasy Setting: Explore the gritty underside of San Francisco, where a mermaid army finds shelter under the bay’s forgotten docks. A Reluctant Leader: Hunted for her unique abilities, Luce never wanted to be a queen. But to save her people, she’ll become their general. Dark Fantasy for Teens: A stark look at war and prejudice, where mermaids created from trauma are now hunted to extinction by the government. Outcasts and Rebels: Meet the Twice Lost: once-human girls cast out by their own kind for breaking mermaid law. Now, they’re banding together to fight for their survival.