Ice Crypt

Mermaids of Eriana Kwai, Book 2

By: Tiana Warner

Narrated by: Tiana Warner

Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Meela has just returned from the Massacre - the annual attempt to wipe out the mermaids threatening her people's survival. After forming an unlikely connection with Lysi, a mermaid she was trained to kill, Meela is determined to stop the war between humans and merpeople for good. She knows of a legendary weapon that could bring peace if she uses it against King Adaro, ruler of the Pacific Ocean. But her people have plans for future Massacres and refuse to help her uncover it.

While Meela works in secret to unearth the Host of Eriana, Lysi is held captive under Adaro's tyranny. Sent to the battlefront, Lysi joins forces with a band of rebels that could either bring her freedom - or have her executed for treason.

Separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, Meela and Lysi must find a way to defeat King Adaro and end the war that has been keeping them apart.

©2016 Tiana Warner (P)2019 Tiana Warner

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I cant wait for book three ahhh!! The story so far is just so perfect!!

loved it.

I was hooked. could not stop listening. I hope there will be a book 3!

this is my favorite story trilogy

i read this book back in early high school and decided to come back to it years later in honor of mer-may to see if it held up to my very found memory of it and it has even reveals i knew were coming still made me smile and gasp

Warriors both, Mermaid and Human vs. the World

Ice Crypt, book two of the Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy, is a wonderful series continuation. It takes off right where the first book, Ice Massacre, ended. Meela is a hero, yet in some ways, she is only tolerated – ostracized for her tall tales of an ancient Eriana Kwai legend and a power that can bring destruction or peace, depending on who wields it: the Host of Eriana. While Meela walks the delicate and often dangerous path to find the Host of Eriana, Lysi fights for love and life deep below the sea. The setting explodes into a wide look at mermaid society and the struggles underpinning the social and political pressures which influenced the first book. We follow Lysi, the mermaid, as she endures the fallout from the events of book one, gaining insight into why mermaids fight, the personal struggles and lives of regular merfolk, and a future that could be if only Lysi and Meela have the courage and conviction to seize it.

[Spoilers]

Ice Crypt starts off slowly at first but quickly picks up the pace into a full run. Meela investigates the island's history, trying to find the location of the Host of Eriana Kwai, a giant serpent that cannot be defeated and yet, can defeat anything. She recruits the aid of her former massacre survivors and would-be boyfriend along the way. At the same time, she is relentlessly pursued by the ever-dangerous Dani, Dani's father, and society at large. Is she being childish chasing fairytales? If she finds the Host, can she control such a power, and what powers exist who would seek to take such a creature from her?
Meanwhile, Lysi finds herself sent to the front lines of the war against the other mermaid kingdoms. Far for kept out of harm's way per the evil king's deal with Meela, Lysi is forced to fight for her life against mermen, mermaids, and sharks, all the while wondering if her family is safe and her true love still draws breath, far away on Eriana Kwai. It isn't long before she finds herself at the heart of a rebellion to retake the mermaid kingdoms. At least she now has a group of mer-friends to aid her, but will it be enough?
As mermaid and massacre warrior reunite, everyone gathers for a final conflict: who will control the Host of Eriana?

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