This book takes the reader on an exhilarating, fantastical and sometimes terrifying journey. Mouse is the 13-year-old heroine with the gift of beast chatter (hearing animal thoughts - and conveying her own thoughts back) who is destined to inherit the captaincy of the Huntress from her one-eyed, half-merwraith Grandma. But Stag, a grim navigator returning to the ship after a long absence, has ambitions of his own that can only end one way: mutiny.
As if that wasn't challenging enough, Mouse's father is missing and has left a secret message for her, urging her to find the storm opals of sea, land and sky. Then her brother - gifted with whale song but prone to shaking fits - is stolen away. The odds are stacked against Mouse, but she's heart-strong and determined and isn't going down without a fight. Enormously feisty and loyal, you can't help but root for her and desperately hope she wins through.
The author has created an awesome world, complete with new mythic creatures such as terrodyls and moonsprites. I loved it so much that, having raced through the pacey plot, I deliberately slowed down towards the end because I didn't want to come back out into the real world - even though I was desperate to know how it all turned out. But the good news is that there's a second book coming along soon, and I can't wait to dive back into this dream-dancing, beast-chattering world!
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