Mirian Raas comes from a long line of salvagers - adventurers who use magic to dive for sunken ships off the coast of tropical Sargava. When her father dies, Mirian has to take over his last job: a dangerous expedition into deep jungle pools, helping a tribe of lizardfolk reclaim the lost treasures of their people. Yet this isn't any ordinary job, as the same colonial government that looks down on Mirian for her half-native heritage has an interest in the treasure, and the survival of the entire nation may depend on the outcome.

Author Biography

Howard Andrew Jones is the author of the Pathfinder Tales novels Plague of Shadows and Stalking the Beast. His first original novel, The Desert of Souls made Kirkus Reviews's New and Notable list for 2011, and was on Locus's Recommended Reading List. Its sequel, The Bones of the Old Ones, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.