Stunning reissue, in beautiful new cover-look, of this magical and award-winning novel - the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles-Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again-Sapphire-s father told her that story when she was little. When he is lost at sea she can-t help but think of that old myth: she-s convinced he-s still alive.Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Mer boy. Diving down into Ingo, she discovers a world she never knew existed, where she must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea-But not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more. And she-s sure she can hear him singing across the water:-I wish I was away in IngoFar across the briny sea--