This description and this book contain spoilers for the authors Peridot Shift series It is recommended that you read FLOTSAM and SALVAGE firstA gothic horror set in the world of Peridot Mary Shelleys influence permeates this magicinfused tale of hubris horror and obsessionFollowing the events of Peridot Shift Book Two SALVAGE a YuNyun gas released on the trade winds is tearing peoples souls from them leaving their bodies violent anguished husks Adas brother Elias is one of many of the foul winds victimsLaunching a desperate plan to bring him back Ada hires a bounty hunter to procure an empty body for her brothers preserved quintessence If Ada can rebond Eliass soul to this new body they can help the other citizens of Peridot who were similarly devastatedBut when the bounty hunter brings her a mermaid one of Onaya Bones soulless experiments Adas plan for redemption spirals into a hellish nightmare The flesheating mermaid may not have a soul but she wont allow Elias to have her body without a fight