Underwater. Trapped. Her chances are slipping away...

Tugging at her heart, Vahly's magic begs her to discover her birthplace in the flooded Lost Valley. What she is meant to do there, she has no idea. Her power sings this one truth--to evolve into the Sea Queen's equal in strength, Vahly must set foot in the home where her mother brought her life.

But while her magic urges her to the Lost Valley, the Sea Queen's high general holds Vahly in a dungeon of spelled salt water. Her earth power cannot fight here. She can hardly manage a single magical breath. But she must survive. If she falls, everyone she loves will die...

As the Sea Queen's forces march on her home and the key to their survival may lie far away, Vahly must draw upon the wit and daring shaped during her smuggling years to outmaneuver this battle-hardened general. But even if she manages that, can she find her forgotten home and unravel its mystery before the Sea Queen buries all she loves beneath the waves?

Find out in the third volume of the Dragons Rising series by USA Today bestselling author Alisha Klapheke, full of adventure, mystery, and magic sure to please readers of Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas.