![]() ![]() Kaya and her lover Harbour have come of age and are preparing for the all-important “Rites,” which will mark them as full members of their community and allow the elders to teach them “all the arcane histories that weren’t spoken of with children, except in whispers or subtle implications.” Alas, while Harbour’s candidacy is accepted, Kaya’s is rejected, sending the latter on a quest for self-discovery that culminates in an encounter with a strange being that knows more about her than she wishes to admit-bringing deadly consequences in its wake. ![]() Survivors of a half-remembered catastrophe, theirs is a world of ritual and memory, of trauma passed down through generations as carefully as an heirloom, and of a tremulous intimacy, freighted with respect and dread, with the ocean on their doorstep. The small community hugs the shores of the Bay of Fundy, near the mouth of the Kennebecasis River on the coast of New Brunswick, Canada.
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