Song of the Current (Song of the Current, #1)

Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. Her father is a wherryman, as was her grandmother. All Caro needs is for the river god to whisper her name, and her fate is sealed. But at seventeen, Caro may be too late. So when pirates burn ships and her father is arrested, Caro volunteers to transport mysterious cargo in exchange for his release. Secretly, Caro hopes that by piloting her own wherry, the river god will finally speak her name. But when the cargo becomes more than Caro expected, she finds herself caught in a web of politics and lies. With much more than her father’s life at stake, Caro must choose between the future she knows, and the one she could have never imagined. Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the river god, who has guided their wherries on countless voyages throughout the Riverlands. At seventeen, Caro has spent years listening to the water, ready to meet her fate. But the river god hasnt spoken her name yetand if he hasnt by now, theres a chance he never will. Caro decides to take her future into her own hands when her father is arrested for refusing to transport a mysterious crate. By agreeing to deliver it in exchange for his release, Caro finds herself caught in a web of politics and lies, with dangerous pirates after the cargoan arrogant courier with a secretand without the river god to help her. With so much at stake, Caro must choose between the life she always wanted and the one she never could have imagined for herself. From debut author Sarah Tolcser comes an immersive and romantic fantasy set along the waterways of a magical world with a headstrong heroine determined to make her mark. Den syttenårige Caroline bor ved floden med sin familie. Hun har længe ventet på, at flodguden skal afgøre hvilken fremtid, der er tildelt hende, men da Carolines far bliver arresteret, beslutter hun sig for at tage sin skæbne i egne hænder. Uden støtte fra flodguden, bliver hun viklet ind i et net af politik og løgne. Hun møder pirater og en arrogant kurer med en hemmelighed. Caroline må vælge mellem det liv, hun altid har ønsket, eller et liv hun aldrig havde forestillet sig When Caroline Oresteia, seventeen, finally has a chance to be a wherryman, she gets caught in a web of politics and lies with her father's life at stake