Into the Sea is a short story written for Seanan McGuire's Patreon supporters.
Make mountains level, and the continent,
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the sea...
—William Shakespeare, Henry IV
Author's Summary[]
While this is another new narrator for us, I feel like this story fits very solidly into an existing sub-group, coming as it does right after (like right after) "And Deeps Below" and "Sacrifice Your Tears." Welcome to the Undersea, where the mermaids aren't little, the sea witch isn't the enemy, and everyone bonds over the desire to drown Titania! Now it's August's turn to struggle to adapt to a whole new world, one that she's voluntarily signed up to be a part of of...
But what's a family, anyway? And is there coffee under the sea? We're going to find out in this month's story (Toby universe, Lorden timeline).