Shallow Waters Abby Jimenez Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

has enchanted its magical beasts

Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress

gives up her job

But to then celebrate survival by embarking on a grueling mountain climb

Shallow Waters Abby Jimenez Wilkie CollinsIn this stirring and lyrical debut novelperfect for fans of The Water Dancer and the Legacy of Orsha seriesthe Yoruba deity of the sea, Yemaya, is brought to vivid life as she discovers the power of Black resilience, love, and feminine strength in antebellum America. Shallow Waters imagines Yemaya, an Orishaa deity in the religion of Africas Yoruba peoplecast into mid 1800s America. We meet Yemaya as a young woman, still in the care of her mother and