On Halvenn, every child is named twice-once by their mother, once by the sea. Neri was named only once. To survive she became a tidewitch, wearing other people's names like borrowed coats. She has lived three lives she never owned, and she is currently wearing the name of a drowned admiral whose brother has just arrived to hang her for it. Soren Vask wants justice. Neri wants her own name back. Together they sail to the drowned city beneath the strait, where a warden has been hoarding forgotten names for centuries-including hers, held in a pearl. To free them all, Neri must give back every life she has been living and stand before the warden with nothing left to call herself.
