Immortality takes time. Armageddon is inevitable. Love is somewhere in-between.In the lopsided kingdom of Mercadia, magic pulses through crooked towers and cobbled streets-but it's fading fast. As ancient power slips away, the first mermaids and merliens are just beginning to take shape.Maya, a teenage queen with too much on her shoulders, is learning how to rule a kingdom teetering on the edge. Hermann, newly immortal and awash in unfamiliar emotions, can't ignore the pull he feels toward her. When they meet, the connection is undeniable-bright, fierce, and dangerous.But love alone can't stop what's coming.As Mercadia spirals toward collapse, someone must leave everything behind-risking it all to travel through a portal to a distant ocean world called Earth.Before the fins and scales, there was Mercadia, and a love that could change everything.