Thirteen-year-old Fujiwara no Mitsuko, daughter of a noble family in the imperial court of twelfth-century Japan, enlists the help of a shape-shifter and other figures from Japanese mythology in her efforts to save her older sister's life.
Nia, a young mermyd, has longed all her life to become one of the ten Avatars who rule the undersea city of Atlantis, but what she does not realize is that if her wish is granted, it could mean the end of Atlantis forever.
Thirteen-year-old Fujiwara no Mitsuko, daughter of a noble family in the imperial court of twelfth century Japan, enlists the help of a shape-shifter and other figures from Japanese mythology in her efforts to save her older sister's life.
