Zyr is fresh into his third cycle of life—young, single, and ready to mingle in order to incorporate the genetic diversity of other species into his own. All he really wants to do is settle into life with his new crew, learn as much as he possibly can, and maybe make a few hybrid offspring in the process. But when a ship’s captain and over half of its crew are human, nothing is ever so simple. As his fascination with humanity ultimately entangles him in their lives and struggles, Zyr begi...

Long has Mika, an otherwise devout princess of the Deep, dreamed of the wonders of the surface. Of endless oceans of trees, feathered carnivores and magical lightning. But the Overworld is a dangerous place, populated by warlike peoples who dwarf her already diminutive species in both size and brutality. To cross the boundary into that world is forbidden to all but a very few…and most certainly to her, a weak Singer in possession of a vital treasure. But when the horrors of the surface find...