Stunning anniversary edition of this magical and award-winning novel – the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles…

Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again …

When Sapphire’s father is lost at sea, she can’t help thinking of the mermaid stories he told her when she was little.

Then Sapphy meets a new friend, Faro, who shows her Ingo, a magical underwater world where the Mer live.

As Sapphy spends more time below the waves, she becomes convinced she will find her father in Ingo, but will she have to give up the Air world for good?

About the Author

Helen Dunmore, who died in 2017, was widely recognised as one of the most acclaimed and talented writers of her generation; in their obituary, the Guardian described her as a ‘poet and novelist with a flair for reinvention and making history human’.

The author of novels, short stories, numerous books for young adults and children and poetry, Dunmore first made her name with her 1988 poetry collection The Raw Garden. As a novelist, her works include: A Spell of Winter (which won the 1996 Orange Prize), The Siege (which was shortlisted for the Orange and Whitbread Prizes), The Betrayal (longlisted for the Booker Prize), Exposure and her last novel Birdcage Walk. Her other works include the Ingo Chronicles fantasy series for children and poetry collections The Malarkey and Inside the Wave which won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year Award. Released posthumously, Girl, Balancing and Other Stories was published in 2018.