Lightline: The All Seas Epic Book 1 (Paperback or Softback)

Syedahl is bound to the Deep by the duty of her birthright. An heiress to magical power, she is stuck forever in the dark seamount city of Ezkine, protecting the king alongside her father.

Everything changes when she meets a lost and terrified foreigner named Joaviz. Syedahl wants to take care of the mysterious mermaid, but her father will go to violent lengths to learn the secrets hidden in her past.

On the night of her initiation, Syedahl decides that it’s Joaviz, not the king, who needs her protection. They escape to sunlit waters and begin an adventure that links cities, species, and strange events.

Syedahl knows she’ll be killed if she returns to Ezkine. Joaviz wants only to go home, back to Los Angeles and a life with legs. But if it’s true that she was once human, why are her dreams filled with creatures from the ancient mythical Deep?

Dayana Stockdale has stared at the ocean with longing thousands of times, most especially when she lived in Santa Cruz and Honolulu. She now lives with her husband and their baby girl in Gold Country, where she dreams often of the surface as seen from below. Learn more about the series and the author at dayanastockdale.com.