The Brides of Rollrock Island-Fast Shipping

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On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings—and to catch their wives.

Thewitch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of aseal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man maybuy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and keep her. And hewill tell himself that he is her master. But from his first look intothose wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed asshe. He will be equally ensnared. And the witch will have her truepayment.

Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire,despair, and transformation. With devastatingly beautiful prose, shereveals characters capable of unspeakable cruelty, but also unspokenlove.