Castle Swimmer

Gr 7 Up–Deep beneath the ocean live the mers, who are anthropomorphized sea creatures, and among them exists the Beacon—a mer of glittering scales, destined to fulfill the prophetic minutia and last desperate hopes of others. This is cause for excitement to all except Beacon Kappa, the one burdened with these expectations. When the pull of destiny brings Kappa to the shark territory, he meets the Prince Siren, who is destined to kill him. Conflicted with breaking the curse on his people, and the morality of killing another to do it, Siren wants to find a third path. The two bond through the shared impossibility of their dreams, and the faint flickers of attraction for each other. This print publication of the popular Webtoon has been gracefully transferred to a new format by changing the original layout to better suit the pages of a book. It retains the quality of the charming art and the deliberate pace of the story. Designs faithfully accentuate characteristics of the marine life each mer is based on, and Martin also cleverly lays out how objects and societies function underwater. Between the vast waterscape to explore, evolving lore, balance in life-defining moments, and the lovable characters, every panel draws readers in deeper.