Like a modern Midsummer Night's Dream an ethereal and haunting novel about a young spy who
enchanted by a species of half-swan half-human creatures-an obsession that ultimately leads
her to question her own existence-and sanity. In the not-too-distant future a young spy named
Elísabet Eva finds herself mentally unraveling following an assignment in Paris. Everything in
Elísabet's life in the city-her friends social engagements and late nights-revolved around
her work as a spy with the Special Unit. To regain her mental balance Elísabet finds herself
taking long solitary walks near the lake. One day she sees two strange beasts emerging from
the water-a pair of seemingly mythical creatures human woman above the waist swan below.
Curious she follows them through tangles of thickets to a clearing . . . and into a strange
new reality. Elísabet's walks become regular visits to these swan women. As she earns their
trust the creatures reveal the enigma of their secret existence and their desire to reproduce.
Pulled further and further into the swanfolk's monomaniacal (and often violent) quest Elísabet
finds her own mind growing increasingly untrustworthy. Ultimately she is forced to reckon with
both the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings and her own past-and face a
truth she's carefully tried to evade.
