After being sucked out to sea in a tidal wave, Tristan Hart returns ashore on Coney Island with no memory of what happened to him--yet he can sense the emotions of others and dreams of a terrifying silver mermaid with razor-sharp teeth

As a child, Renata Convida serves the crown as a memory thief, but as a rebel spy at age seventeen, Renata returns to the royal palace, where she fights to complete her mission while confronting childhood memories long locked away.