For nine years, the Deepwater Saint has claimed only girls. Then a new decree appears: no more brides—the Saint now demands sixteen-year-old heirs. Isn't that wrong? Gallowfen Valley erupts. But no one knows the truth. The decree came from eighteen girls who were supposed to have died in the Mourne River. And Mara, newly betrayed by her own family, is ready to expose what really waits beneath the water...
