The Sirens: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)

by Emilia Hart

Overview

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Our former Monthly Pick author is back with another genre-bending tale. Explore the magic and terrors of the deep in The Sirens, a story about sisterhood, resilience and the power of dreams.

This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition includes designed stenciled edges.

From the bestselling author of Weyward, 2023’s biggest debut, comes a new novel of mystery and magic, about four sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea.

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found.

As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister’s adolescent diary.

1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them—and in her—that no one else has.

1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they’ve feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can’t explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them…

A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250385086
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2025
Edition description:	B&N Exclusive Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

EMILIA HART is the author of Weyward and The Sirens. She grew up in Australia and studied English Literature at university before training as a lawyer. She now lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

"The Sirens teems with family secrets, eerie dreams, and deep transformation. A compelling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the sea, this is a beautiful follow-up to Hart's sensational debut, Weyward. The Sirens will sweep you away." —Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

Praise for Weyward

"Powerful." —New York Times Book Review

"A brave and original debut, Weyward is a spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft." —Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author

"A totally unique debut that shines a light on the female experience. I loved it." —Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author

"The writing is beautiful, the women are wonderful, and each narrative is as compelling as the next. Alive, vivid, gripping. Real magic." —Abigail Dean, New York Times bestselling author

"An utterly absorbing page turner. This is an outstanding debut and worthy of all the stars." —Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author

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