The Sirens

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A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lovers throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sisters house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attackbut Jess is nowhere to be found.

As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jesss strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing womens voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sisters adolescent diary.

1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in themand in herthat no one else has.

1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, theyve feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they cant explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them

A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.

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"Entertaining. Hart (Weyward) delivers a high-voltage tale of family secrets, fantastical occurrences, and Australian history." Publishers Weekly

"Harts second novel (after Weyward) weaves a lyrical story, intricately blending family dynamics with the magic of folklore. For fans of family relationship stories with elements of magical realism, such as the novels of Sarah Addison Allen." Library Journal

Author Bio

milia Hart is the author of Weyward and The Sirens. She grew up in Australia and studied English Literature at university before training as a lawyer. She now lives in London.