Silverswift

About the Book:

The wind is always looking for a story to tell….   

On a dark, wintry day, Eliza Grey receives a mysterious letter from her ailing Nana Mora begging her to come for a visit.

This is an easy YES!

Eliza has always preferred Nana Mora’s beach cottage on St. Simons Island to the apartment she and her mom call home in the city. The island is a magical place where stories and legends grow as thick as the Spanish moss dangling in the trees. Now, Nana Mora’s eyesight is fading and there’s something she wants to show Eliza before it’s totally gone: a mythical place locals refer to as Sirens Harbor.

Supposedly hidden somewhere on the island, it’s a place where all the mermaids in the world congregate once a year to sing their Winter Song. It’s all fairy-tale silliness, according to Eliza’s mom. But Nana Mora is convinced it’s real.  With the help of an eccentric lighthouse keeper, Nana and Eliza pack up their gear and set out on their journey. As they travel, Eliza hears the real story of Sirens Harbor…along with the story of a fearsome mermaid named Silverswift, a warrior-princess rumored to have walked on the islands.

Challenges abound for the adventurers: old maps are hard to read and treacherous trails spiral through the woods. And there’s a strange storm spinning all around them.

It’s almost as if some things are meant to stay secret.

As if the harbor doesn’t want to be found.

Or as if, maybe, someone doesn’t want them to find it….

One thing is for sure: what Eliza and her grandmother actually discover on the night of the winter solstice will be better than any fairytale. As Nana Mora says: “Some stories aren’t fiction, my darling Eliza. Some stories are lifetimes.”

A Note from Natalie

Once upon a time, I wrote a novel about a girl, her grandmother, and a legendary mermaid who enchants them both. That once-upon-a-time was years ago. But unlike other books I wrote years ago, and tucked away, that one haunted me. I kept pulling the story back out and rewriting it. On stormy nights, even on deadline for other books, this one called out to me. Every time I visited the Georgia coast with my family, I felt like the characters were hiding behind the moss trees, watching.

SILVERSWIFT is the story of a wild ocean and a wilder girl who sets out to tame it. And I couldn’t be happier to share it in *this* format.

One thing that makes this story especially unique is that SILVERSWIFT is only available as an Audible Original. Since my first book came out years ago, I’ve met so many young readers who prefer reading books with their ears, so it thrills me to have a story written especially for them. Especially to be heard.

If you’re on a roadtrip to the the beach – or just wish you were – I hope you’ll give it a listen. If you’re stuck at home with no ocean in sight, I hope this story takes you there. I hope, like Eliza, you hear adventure in the wind. And you run for it …

Silverswift is narrated by actresses Imani Parks and Holly Palance.