*"Captivating. A true page-turner." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
In flooded, future England, poor Lilly is out fishing with her trusty seacat when greedy raiders pillage the town-and kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter. Her village blamed, Lilly decides to find the girl.
Off she sails, in secret. With a ransom: a mysterious talking jewel. And along the way she forms a wary friendship with a punky raider boy.
If she saves the Prime Minister's daughter, she just might stop a war.
But little does Lilly know that it will take more than grit to outwit the treacherous pirate tribes!