The Sirens

2019 : Lucy awakens in the middle of the night with her hands around her ex-lavers throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister's house on the Australian coast, hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack-but she is nowhere to be found. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister's adolescent diary. 1999 : Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent.
Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them-and in her-that no one else has. 1800 : Twin sisters Mary and Eliza are torn from their home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. Since their mother's drowning when they were girls, they've feared the ocean - but as the boat bears them farther and farther from all they know, they feel the water calling to them.
As Lucy awaits Jess's return, strange rumors surrounding her sister's small town start to emerge. Numerous men have disappeared at sea. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women's voices on the waves.... A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.