Karakesh is a beautiful kingdom filled will magic and danger. There are the Grassmen who steal horses and leave your eyes burning with sneezie powder. The Travelers are often kind, and always on the move. Dwarves may kidnap you and put you to work in their dark mines. Born half selkie, half Traveler, twelve-year-old Demara longs to live in the sea with her selkie father. Yearning and restless, she sets out with her relatives to try out the Traveler life. Her quest to be a true faerie selkie takes her to the faerie queen. On the journey, she learns more about family, friendship, and her own calling. Will Demara find the magic she seeks? Will she choose life in the sea or on the land?