Here Beside The Rising Tide
Fathomfolk (Drowned City, volume 1)
By Eliza Chan
1 Mar, 2024
Doing the WFC's Homework
2024’s Fathomfolk is the first entry in Eliza Chan’s Drowned City secondary-fantasy-world series.
Mixed-race Mira is all siren in the eyes of the humans who run the semi-submerged city Tiankawi; she’s also permanently second-class thanks to her Fathomfolk blood. A career spent proving herself to the humans earns historical recognition: Mira is promoted to captain of the border guard, the first Folk to be deemed worthy of such a rank.
The rank comes with unpleasant baggage, not least of which is the fact that her job will consist almost entirely of keeping her fellow Folk in line.