Coney Island will never be the same. Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker watches as 30,000 Alpha—an alliance of ocean-dwelling warriors—rise from the sea and march onto her beach. At first, the world reacts with awe. Then fear turns wonder into violence, and Lyric’s town becomes a battleground, humans on one side and Alpha on the other.
When Lyric is chosen to help the Alpha crown prince, Fathom, learn human ways, she finds herself drawn to him. Their connection is undeniable—but deadly. Enemies surround them, determined to crush any bond between land and sea.
Yet even as both sides fight, Lyric learns a darker truth: the Alpha may not be the real threat. Something far worse is coming, and it could destroy them all.
