<p>Set in an ominous underwater world marred by human</p><p>destruction, the stories in <em>Mer</em> unsettle traditional mermaid</p><p>mythology - beyond gender, beyond beauty, beyond romance.</p><p>Merfolk have ruled their watery domain for untold years, but</p><p>humans threaten it with deadly danger. Stranded and alone,</p><p>Odel haunts an abandoned lake. Ondine drags her prey to a</p><p>graveyard of their own making. Unzel pursues a threatening</p><p>boat. Nothing left to lose, the merfolk will do whatever it takes</p><p>to defend their home - no matter who gets in their way.</p><p>In her debut collection, Samantha Amy Mansell weaves a</p><p>series of evocative tales about vengeance, loss and the right to survive. </p><p><em>Mer </em>asks not what, but who, lurks in the deep.</p>