AnoriginalnovelwrittenbyNewYorkTimesbest-sellingauthorJ.ElleinspiredbyDisneyupcomingliveactionreimaginingofTheLittleMermaid.AfterthedeathofAriel’smother,thequeenofthesea,thesevendaughtersofKingTritonhavegrownestrangedatbest.It’sbeenyearssinceAriel’soldersistershavevisitedhome.Butthisyear’sCoralMoonisfastapproaching,andit’saspecialoneforAriel.Finallyfifteen,shewillbedubbedtheProtectorofherveryownoceanterritoryasistradition,andhersistershaveagreedtovisitforthecelebration.ButtheceremonyishaltedwhenMala,oneofthemostrenowneddaughtersofTriton,isabducted.Theonlycluetowhereshemighthavebeentakenisahastilyscribbledseaweednote,whichsays,“WhatcouldhavesavedMothercouldsaveme,too.“TorescueMala,Arielmustworktogetherwithhersiblings,travelingtovariousseas,outsmartingdangerousoceancreatures,anddelvingintoforbiddenwaterstofindthetruthofwhathappenedtotheirmother.ButasArielandhersistersbeginuncoveringnewsecretsabouttheirfamilyandtheirkingdom,Arielwillhavetofacethelossofamothersheneverhadachancetoknowanddiscoverwhatitmeanstobebothagoodsisterandastrongleader.Andtheclockisticking,becauseonthedayofthefestival,whenthemoonturnsatrueshadeofcoral,hersisterwillbelost,likehermother,forever.
