Sapphire and her brother Conor live next to the sea, above the rocks which hide a difficult trail to the tide waters. The four novels are set at the point where Cornwall meets Ingo, the world of the Mer. The novels are aimed at Young Adults but if there is a little bit of you that imagines a world beneath the waves, populated by Mer men and women, whales that understand the deepest mysteries of the oceans, dolphins with intellect and spirit enough to play, and the mysteries and dangers that mark the crossing of childhood into adulthood, then the Ingo series will not fail you, no matter your age. I had no idea that these four novels – Ingo, The Tide Knot, The Deep and The Crossing Of Ingo – would enchant me to such an extent that I read the series in a week, with the majority taking only a day to complete. Although Stormswept is the first in a new series of Ingo Chronicles I quickly decided that I could not read it until I had first taken a look at the preceding Ingo set of novels by Helen.
I was captivated by the idea of Stormswept by Helen Dunmore when it was published earlier this month. “Like the ocean itself, this book is deep and strange and marvellous.Buy: Ingo, The Tide Knot, The Deep, The Crossing of Ingo “Intensely compelling… gorgeous.” Amanda Craig, The Times “Ingo has a haunting, dangerous beauty all of its own.” Philip Ardagh Steeped in myth and legend, and full of the resonance of the deeps, this saga shows leading poet and author Helen Dunmore at her lyrical best. And she’s sure she can hear him singing across the water: I wish I was away in Ingo, far across the briny sea… Draw readers into mystery and magic with this haunting, sea-drenched quartet set on the Zennor coast of Cornwall. Diving down into Ingo, she discovers an intoxicating world she never knew existed, where she must let go of the airy world above, and embrace the sea… But Sapphy doesn’t just crave the wild world beneath the waves she also longs to see her father once more. Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro – an enigmatic Mer boy. When he is lost at sea she can’t help but think of the old myth. Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again…
Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid.
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