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"By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor. Now allies from across the empire are readying themselves, hoping against hope to bring about the end of the conquerors' rule and the rebirth of the Sea. But trust and truth are hard to come by in this complex world of mermaids, spies, warriors, and aristocrats. Who will Genevieve--lavishly dressed but washed up, half-dead, on the Wariuta island shore--turn out to be? Is warrior Koa's kindness toward her admirable, or is his sister Kaia's sharp suspicion wiser? And back in the capital, will pirate-spy Alfie really betray the Imperials who have shown him affection, especially when a duplicitous senator reveals he would like nothing better? Meanwhile, the Sea is losing more and more of herself as her daughters continue to be brutally hunted, and the Empire continues to expand through profits made from their blood. The threads of time, a web of schemes, shifting loyalties, and blossoming identities converge in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's remarkable companion to The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, as unlikely young allies work to forge a new and better world"--.

At the turn of the twenty-first century, New York City twins Tai and Trey are approaching their sixteenth birthday and trying to respectively focus on their photography and classical music careers. Unfortunately, their magical abilities and their family's curse, which led to their mother's disappearance ten years ago, make it hard to be normal teens. When the twins discover they're being followed by nefarious villains and Tai discovers a clue to their mother's disappearance, the pair embark on a race to find her and to undo the curse before their magic-using enemies can stop them.

In 1960s San Francisco, aspiring artist Blake feels like she could finally find a place to belong, but her gender and multiracial heritage makes it next to impossible to land an internship that could put her on the map. To make matters worse, her family has been plagued with bad luck for centuries, and Blake soon starts to have ominous visions. When her aunt and uncle tell her about a long-last family heirloom, a legendary mirror, that could break the curse on her family, Blake embarks on a dangerous mission to find it.

Orphaned tiefling Doric has always felt out of place among her adoptive elven family in the Neverwinter Woods. When human encroachment upon their forest threatens their home, Doric knows she must master her druid powers to protect everyone in the forest. Traveling to the Emerald Enclave to train, Doric learns for the first time to appreciate her differences, grow in her powers, tackle peer jealousies, and reckon with her beliefs and fears.

Betrothed to Princess Aurora since her birth, young Prince Phillip has seen the power of magic first-hand after witnessing Aurora being given special gifts by good fairies and doomed to death by the evil fairy Maleficent. He has spent his whole life training to defeat Maleficent, but he's shocked when he experiences a strange burst of magic, and the three fairies tell him he can defeat Maleficent with own powers. Phillip begins learning how to master his magic, but he is also haunted by dreams of a mysterious girl named Briar Rose.

Uriel Driscoll and his family all have superb singing voices, but they are cursed to lose their gifts at the height of their success, so when he is invited to the exclusive Aisling Academy, Uriel finds the curse is the least of his problems.

After making a bargain with an enigmatic wizard, Dobrinia is gifted a flying ship and answers the decree of the Tzar to find the lost Princess Sabrina.

Sparks fly when eighteen-year-old Nigel meets Ori during the Culling, a competition that determines whether a magician is stripped of their powers or joins the magical society known as the Guild, but they soon realize the connection growing between them threatens their future, the Guild, and all of humanity.

Having spent years suffering from his weird, wasting sickness, Mateo has now learned the darker truth about himself, and vows to do anything--even betraying Lia, the girl he has feelings for, the one person in the world who has made him think about anything but his sickness and his research. Meanwhile, Anwei's rage grows after Knox nearly died in the tomb disaster and she also finds out her brother--the one she has been desperate to avenge all this time--is not only alive, but well and being raised by the monster she has vowed to hunt.

Training as a Silhouette, an apprentice to the immortals, 12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi Ging gets a chance to prove her worth when an evil spirit called Fui Gwai returns, giving her the opportunity to use her newfound powers to save her friends and the world beyond.